Africa-Press – South-Africa. More than 500 babies were welcomed into this part of the world by midday on Christmas day, the Department of Health has announced. Spokesperson Foster Mohale said most of the
Christmas babies were born in Gauteng. Limpopo and Mpumalanga were among the first to celebrate the new arrivals, with babies born around midnight at Voortrekker
Hospital in Mokopane, and Temba Hospital in Kabokweni, outside Mbombela. The Eastern Cape’s first baby was born at 00:01 at Sipetu Hospital in Mount Frere, while the Free State had a birth at the
National District Hospital in Bloemfontein at 00:04. In the North West, a baby boy was born at 00:50 at the JB Marks Community Health Centre. He weighed just over 1kg, so he was
placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Potchefstroom Hospital to help him gain strength. Two 15-year-old girls also welcomed Christmas babies, one in Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi outside Durban, and
one in Tonga Hospital in Mpumalanga. The ages of the new dads were not provided. Newsletter Daily Good Morning, SA Join the 1 million News24 readers who are signed up to receive the top, must-read stories of the day in their inbox. Join them and get premium news, every weekday at 6 am.
Sign up “The Ministry of Health welcomes all the babies born on Christmas day across the country, and also congratulates the parents and healthcare professionals for the successful and safe delivery of
these bundles of joy on the same day millions of people around the world commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ,” said Mohale. He reminded the new parents to stay up to date with their babies’ immunisations, to protect their little ones against contagious but preventable diseases.
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