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St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital welcomes January 1 baby

Published:Monday | January 3, 2022 | 12:08 AM
Cleon Insang, representative of Kirk Distributors, in keeping with the company’s tradition of gift-giving to the firstborn on New Year’s Day, presents Sharona Nelson with a gift package, as Annastacia Rose, ward manager and acting deputy director of nu
Carl Gilchrist
Cleon Insang, representative of Kirk Distributors, in keeping with the company’s tradition of gift-giving to the firstborn on New Year’s Day, presents Sharona Nelson with a gift package, as Annastacia Rose, ward manager and acting deputy director of nursing services at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, looks on.

Sharona Nelson, 25, of Grant’s Mountain district in St Ann, was the first to give birth at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2022.

Nelson gave birth to a healthy baby boy, her second child, at 6:59 a.m., weighing 3.1 kg, who was yet to be named when The Gleaner visited the hospital.

Carl Gilchrist