Three hospitals in E/R records 27 births on Christmas Day

Atibie (E/R), Dec. 26, GNA- 12 babies made up of six boys and six girls were delivered on Christmas Day at the Koforidua Regional hospital. According to Ms Rosina Asantewaa, the Senior Nursing Officer in-charge of the Labour ward of the hospital, all the babies and their mothers were doing well. She said Ms Alberta Wiafe who delivered the first baby at dawn on Christmas dawn was presented with a parcel by the management of the hospital. Ms Asantewaa said strangely the hospital also recorded 12 births made of six boys and six girls last year.

In another development, 15 deliveries including a set of twins were recorded at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Mission and the Kwahu Government Hospital at Atibie in the Kwahu West and South Districts respectively on Christmas day. Eleven babies including the set of twins were delivered at the Holy Family Hospital while the Kwahu Government Hospital recorded four deliveries.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at the Holy Family Hospital, the Nursing Officer In-Charge of the Maternity Ward of the hospital, Mrs Mary Ansong Peprah said the babies were made up of seven females and four males with one death. She said five of the deliveries were through caesarean operation. At the Kwahu Government hospital, the Nursing Officer In-charge of the Labour Ward, Ms Cathrine Abankwa said the babies were made up of three males and one female with one death recorded. She said the delivery took place between 3.05 a.m. and 3.10 p.m. with two of them through caesarean operation.