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Le-Anne Donson and her baby boy Ardie.
GEORGE NEWS - Eleven babies were welcomed in George on New Year’s Day. The first baby arrived on 1 January at 03:03 at George Hospital, where a total seven babies (five girls and two boys) were delivered during the course of the day, yesterday.
At Mediclinic George four babies (two boys and two girls) were born on the first day of 2021.
The first baby was born at 07:00 to Le-Anne Donson, who couldn’t be happier with her 2,69 kg boy, Ardie.
Tanja Groenewald welcomed a baby boy, Meyer, weighing 3,59 kg, and Jeandré and Adele Coetzer celebrated the birth of their first child, Iliné, weighing 3,65 kg.
Sunday, 27 December 2020, 19:26 Nursing personnel at George Hospital taking a welcome break earlier today. They welcomed participants of a prayer drive aimed at showing respect to the severe pressure medical staff is currently experiencing. The drive circled four times around both George Hospital and George Mediclinic. Photo: Michelle Pienaar
GEORGE NEWS - Public hospitals in the Western Cape are currently under severe pressure.
A sharp increase in Covid-19 admissions and an increase in trauma cases, such as alcohol-related injuries and road accidents, are the cause of the situation.
People are waiting with baited breath for a possible proclamation that might change the levels of lockdown. The pressure hospitals are currently experiencing is the main point of discussion. According to a report in a Sunday newspaper, doctors have pleaded for stricter regulations.