3 hospitals deliver 43 Christmas babies
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The 37 Military Hospital, the Police Hospital and La General Hospital in Accra together chronicled 43 new born babies on Christmas and Boxing Day.
Within the Christmas festivity period, the 37 Military Hospital recorded a total of 17 new births, while the Police Hospital had 20, with the La General Hospital trailing with six deliveries.
Lieutenant Colonel Joyce S. Akatu, nursing officer in-charge of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at the 37 Military Hospital, told the Ghana News Agency in Accra that the hospital recorded seven new births through natural birth on Christmas, of which three were females.
She said on Boxing Day, a total of 10 new births were recorded at the hospital, four of which were through a caesarean section.
Lt Col Akatu advised expectant mothers to quickly report to the nearest health facility once they sense any sign of labour, explaining that delay in reporting to health facilities sometimes leads to birth complications.
The nursing officer recounted that this year, an expectant mother who after going through diagnosis and was supposed to be delivered through a caesarean section, however, followed her (the expectant mother) pastor’s advice and refused to go through it and eventually lost the baby.
Lt Col Akatu appealed to religious leaders to pray for expectant mothers and to desist from interfering with recommendations of medical science.
She advised the new mothers to exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months to ensure that they grow healthy.
Corporal Faustina Afia Nunekpeku, public relations officer of the Police Hospital, said the hospital recorded 20 new births, of which eight were males on Christmas and Boxing Day.
She said two girls and a male were delivered through caesarean sections.
La General Hospital
Six babies, four females and two males were delivered on Christmas at the La General Hospital in Accra.
Ms Millicent Armah, midwife at the labour ward, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that two babies out of the six were delivered through a caesarean section, while the other four were delivered spontaneously.
She explained that the first delivery was recorded at 12:59am and the sixth delivery occurred at 7:00pm.
The hospital also recorded six deliveries on Boxing Day, five females and a male.
Two females were delivered through a caesarean section, while the other three females, including the male, were delivered spontaneously.
Madam Sandra Ologo, a new mother, in an interview with the GNA expressed gratitude to God for giving her a child on a memorable day celebrated throughout the world.
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