New Year’s Day saw the Gauteng Department of Health welcoming 112 babies into the world, the lion’s share of more than 400 births in total for the country. According to data released by Gauteng Health on X/Twitter, in the province’s public healthcare facilities, there were a total of 59 boys and 53 girls. Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital topped the table with 10 babies, followed by Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) with 9 babies. But all of this was relatively quiet compared to Christmas Day, which saw more than three times the New Years’ Day number.
MEC Nkomo Nomantu together with MMC for Health Rina Marx joined the postpartum mothers at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital on the morning of New Year’s Day in welcoming their new arrivals. Gauteng’s academic hospitals recorded 19 births, while there were 10 births at the tertiary hospitals. Regional and district hospitals had 69 births and community healthcare centres had 14.
Christmas Day saw 387 babies born, 201 of them girls and 186 boys. CHBAH welcomed the most, with 46 births, followed by Tembisa Hospital with 38.
