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Mpumalanga records 28 New Year’s Day babies

Mothers welcomed their babies on New Year's Day and all are healthy.

January 1, 2024
Yolandi Hyman Less than a minute
Apostle Negros Manana, MEC for health, Sasekani Manzini, and Prof JV Mdluli, chairperson of Themba Hospital board, presenting the mothers with gift baskets. >Photo: Supplied/ Ntokozo Skonela.

On January 1, a total of 28 babies were delivered from midnight to 05:00.

According to the Mpumalanga Department of Health, 16 boys and 12 girls were born.

Apostle Negros Manana, MEC for health, Sasekani Manzini, and Prof JV Mdluli, chairperson of Themba Hospital board, presenting the mothers with gift baskets. >Photo: Supplied/ Ntokozo Skonela.

The first baby of 2024 was delivered at 00:07 by a 17-year-old girl in Matikwana Hospital in Ehlanzeni. She gave birth to a boy.

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A total of 14 babies were delivered normally, and four by Caesarean section.

Mothers and their babies receiving their gift baskets at Themba Hospital. >Photo: Supplied/Ntokozo Skonela.

January 1, 2024
Yolandi Hyman Less than a minute
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