THE Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that they successfully delivered 1467 for the first quarter of 2015. According to a release from the GPHC, in total the health care institution delivered 1492 babies, however, 25 of those babies were stillbirths. Of the 1492 deliveries, 326 were born to teenage mothers ranging from under age 14 to 19 years old.During, the first quarter of 2015, the hospital saw an increase in deliveries compared to the same period last year. During the first quarter of 2014, the hospital successfully delivered 1299 babies. In total, the hospital delivered 1325 babies during this period, but 26 were still births.
The release further revealed that deliveries in January 2015 surpassed the other months with a total of 565 babies being delivered. January 2014, which also had the highest number of deliveries for the first quarter of the year, saw a total of 485 babies being delivered.
The first quarter of 2015, also saw an increase in deliveries by teenage mothers compared to last year, which saw 282 babies born to teenage mothers. GPHC’s maternity ward admitted 2373 patients for this period.