The Free State registered 87 New Year’s Day births and health MEC Montseng Tsiu urged new mothers to ensure they breastfeed exclusively, at least for the first six months of their babies’ lives.
Tsiu visited the maternity ward at Bongani Tertiary Hospital in Welkom on Sunday, where seven babies were born.
The maternity ward at the MUCCP Health Centre in Bloemfontein delivered the second baby. Maselebalo Ramokoatsi, from China Square in Bloemfontein, gave birth to a 2.82kg son at 00.35am. In addition to the seven born at Bongani Regional Hospital, 12 babies were born at Pelonomi in Bloemfontein, five at Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital in QwaQwa, seven at Boitumelo Hospital in Kroonstad and five at Dihlabeng Regional Hospital in Bethlehem. One birth was recorded at the high care paediatric ward at Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein.
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