Claim: Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 doctor 🥼 who cut a woman's baby out her womb at 21 weeks old, successfully operated on it and took out a tumor, then placed the baby back in the mother's womb. The baby was later delivered healthy & naturally on time at 36 weeks'.
Fact-check: No, doctor who performed groundbreaking surgery on an unborn foetus is neither Chivayo nor Zimbabwean - FactCheckZW
Verdict: false. the claim that a dr chris chivayo has operated on a baby-in-utero is false. the picture shared is of dr oluyinka olutoye, nigerian born, who did perform the alleged surgery at a texas hospital in 2016. the doctor led a team of 21 to perform the groundbreaking surgery to remove a tumour from the foetus' tailbone. the operation was done at 23 weeks and the baby eventually delivered through caesarean section at 36 weeks.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2023-11-02T14:32:45