29 August 2020 12:00 am
By Thisari Walawege
A 29-year-old mother from Pepiliyawala gave birth to quintuplets (5 girls) this morning at the De Soysa Hospital for Women (Teaching), Colombo 08.
Deputy Director of the hospital Dr. Pushpa Gamaladge said this was the mother’s first pregnancy. She said the babies were perfectly healthy although having a slightly lower birth weight than normal, and they were being looked after at the baby unit of the hospital.