{"id":43298,"date":"2024-01-11T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/western-cape-public-health-welcome-253-babies-on-new-years-20240110\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:51:21","slug":"western-cape-public-health-welcome-253-babies-on-new-years-20240110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/western-cape-public-health-welcome-253-babies-on-new-years-20240110\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape public health welcome 253 babies on New Year\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>As the country transitioned from 2023 to 2024, a total of 253 children were born at various public health facilities across the province according to the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness, of which 146 girls and 107 boys were born on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As the country transitioned from 2023 to 2024, a total of 253 children were born at various public health facilities across the province according to the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness, of which 146 girls and 107 boys were born on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the provincial department of health, the first child, (a boy), was born at Mowbray Maternity Hospital at 00:00, weighing 4 060g to mother Mantombi Ndabezimbi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second baby (a girl) was born at the Khayelitsha District Hospital at 00:15,weighing 2 960g, to mother Sanelise Maku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third baby, also a boy, was born at Worcester Hospital at 00:24, weighing 1 695g to mother, Caroline Hanekom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department said it was also happy to welcome three sets of twins born at Grabouw Community Health Centre, Tygerberg Hospital and Paarl Hospital respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith 1 January signalling the beginning of a new year, we as the Department of Health and 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