MIDWIVES at the Bartica Hospital in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) delivered two healthy babies on Christmas Day and another on Boxing Day.

According to Ward Sister, Cecilia Austin,
Elizabeth Haynes, 20, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy at around 05:10hrs on Christmas Day (December 25).

That baby, who weighed 4kg 100grams or a little over nine pounds, was delivered by midwife Angela Vanlange.

Sixteen-year-old Tattiana Thomas’s baby boy was born almost an hour later, at 16:05hrs, and weighed 2kg 300grams, which is a little over five pounds. He was delivered by midwife Abigail Hope.

Meanwhile, on Boxing Day, Cynthia Cornelius, 25, gave birth to a baby girl at 09:39hrs. She weighed 3kg 600grams (approximately eight pounds), and was delivered by Midwife Veronica Lewis.

All three mothers and their babies are doing well, hospital sources said yesterday.