The hospital, and the Zimbabwe’s Twins association disowned the claim.
This Facebook post claiming a woman gave birth to quintuplets at Karanda Mission Hospital, Zimbabwe is FALSE.
The post claims that a woman named Margaret Rachel aged 33 delivered three boys and two girls at Karanda Mission Hospital, in what it terms as a “miraculous delivery”.
The birth of quintuplets would have marked a significant milestone for Karanda Mission Hospital, and one would reasonably expect such a remarkable event to be highlighted on their website. However, a review of the site revealed that no information regarding the delivery had been published.
Using the social media icons on the hospital’s website, The Besana Mail, Zim Truth Radar was able to access the hospital’s Facebook page and established that it disowned the claim via this statement on 19 May 2025.
“We are aware of recent posts circulating online claiming that a woman gave birth to quintuplets at Karanda Mission Hospital. We would like to clarify that no such case has occurred at our institution. After a complete review of our patients records,we can confirm that this report is false and not based on any event at our hospital,” Karanda Mission Hospital said.
The Besana Mail, Zim Truth Radar also checked with the Twins Association of Zimbabwe (TAZI), an organisation which houses the interest of all Zimbabwean multiple births. TAZI disowned the claim after visiting the hospital. Here is the video of TAZ at the maternity ward of the hospital.
A Google search using the keywords “Quintuplets born in Zimbabwe Karanda hospital May 2025” produced articles by several Zimbabwean publications dismissing the claim as false as detailed here, here ,here and here.
The Besana Mail, Zim Truth Radar examined a Facebook post claiming a woman gave birth to quintuplets at Karanda Mission Hospital, Zimbabwe and found it to be FALSE.
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