Forty-three babies were delivered on Christmas Day in four government hospitals in the Kumasi Metropolis.

They were Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Manhyia, Suntreso and Tafo Hospitals.

Mr Nicholas Frimpong, Principal Biostatician at the KATH said a total of 31 births comprising 24 males and seven females were born at the hospital and added that out of the total number, eight were through caesarean sections.

He said there were no twins and that the mothers and babies were doing well. He however stressed the need for mothers to always deliver at recognised hospitals so that any problem that arose during delivery would be solved without much difficulty.

Suntreso and Manhyia Hospitals recorded five deliveries each on the Christmas Day.

Mrs Grace Appiagyei, Principal Midwifery Officer and Miss Emelia Akpaloo, a Staff Midwife at the Maternity Ward of Manhyia said there were three females and two males and that both mothers and their babies were in good conditions.

Miss Charlotte Owusu, Principal Midwifery Officer and Miss Georgina Osei Ankobia, Senior Staff Midwife at Suntreso said there were three females and two males.

Two deliveries were also recorded at Tafo Hospital and according to Miss Rose Pimah, the Midwifery Officer in-charge, they were made up of one male and a female.

Away from Kumasi, the Akyem Oda Government Hospital also recorded eight births on Christmas and Boxing Day.

While seven babies, four girls and three boys were born through normal deliveries on Christmas Day, one boy was delivered through caesarean section on Boxing Day.

Mrs. Cecilia Arthur, Principal Midwifery Superintendent told the Ghana News Agency that all the babies and their mothers were doing well.

Elsewhere in the Eastern Region, 12 babies made up of six boys and six girls were delivered on Christmas Day at the Koforidua Regional hospital.

According to Ms Rosina Asantewaa, the Senior Nursing Officer in-charge of the labour ward of the hospital, all the babies and their mothers were doing well.

She said Ms Alberta Wiafe who delivered the first baby on Christmas dawn was presented with a parcel by the management of the hospital.

Ms Asantewaa said strangely the hospital also recorded 12 births made of six boys and six girls last year.

In another development, 15 deliveries including a set of twins were recorded at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Mission in the Kwahu West and the Kwahu Government Hospital at Atibie in the Kwahu South Districts on Christmas day.

Eleven babies including the set of twins were delivered at the Holy Family Hospital while the Kwahu Government Hospital recorded four deliveries.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at the Holy Family Hospital, the Nursing Officer In-Charge of the maternity ward of the hospital, Mrs Mary Ansong Peprah said the babies were made up of seven females and four males with one death.

She said five of the deliveries were through caesarean operation.

At the Kwahu Government hospital, the Nursing Officer In-charge of the labour ward, Ms Cathrine Abankwa said the babies were made up of three males and one female with one death recorded.

She said the delivery took place between 3.05 a.m. and 3.10 p.m. with two of them through caesarean operation.

Source GNA