A 29-year-old Sri Lankan mother has given birth to quintuplets this morning at the De Soysa Maternity Hospital in Colombo, the hospital reported.

Deputy Director of the De Soysa Hospital for Women (Teaching) Dr. Pushpa Gamlathge said this was the mother’s first pregnancy and all five babies are girls.

She said the babies were perfectly healthy although having a slightly lower weight than normal and the babies and the mother are in good health.

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