Nine 'Christmas babies' welcomed in Erongo Region

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2024-12-26

SWAKOPMUND, 26 December 2024 - Lusia Kalote holds her baby girl, which was the first Christmas baby delivered in the Swakopmund State Hospital. The baby who weighed 3.38 kg at birth was born at 05h18. (Photo: Contributed)

SWAKOPMUND, 26 DEC (NAMPA) – The festive season brought joy toa number of families in the Erongo Region as nine babies were born on Christmas Day in State hospitals at Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, and Omaruru respectively.
Six of the newborns were boys and three were girls, with the first and last babies of the day both delivered at the Walvis Bay State Hospital.
The first ‘Christmas baby’, a boy weighing 2.7 kilogrammes, was born at the Walvis Bay St...

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