Mother and baby are in good condition at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River
| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan |
| January 1, 2005 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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| In front, from left: Mother Kimberly Paiva with her New Year's baby, Leila, and father, Mathew Paiva. In back row, from left, are Fall River Police Officers Brian Saurette and Brian Vale, who helped deliver Leila. | |
Fall River Police Officer Brian Vale and Assisting Officer Brian Saurette arrived at the home of Kimberly and Mathew Paiva just in time to deliver a healthy girl.
Leila Paiva was born at 4:10 a.m., weighs eight pounds, five ounces and is in good condition along with her mother at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. She is the first baby born in 2005 in the Fall River region.
The first New Year's baby born in Southeastern Massachusetts arrived at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford at 3:20 a.m. on January 1, 2005.
Rosa Ester Chiclana, the daughter of Tomasita Marquez and Pedro Chiclana of New Bedford, checked in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 inches long. This is the couple's first baby.
Tobey Hospital in Wareham New Year's baby arrived at 4:29 a.m. and also is a baby girl.
The Southcoast Hospitals New Year's babies will receive gift baskets and gift certificates donated by the St. Luke's & Charlton Auxiliaries and the Tobey Hospital Guild.
About Southcoast
Southcoast Health System, a not-for-profit charitable organization, is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes Southcoast Hospitals Group, formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast is one of three community hospitals approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform open heart surgery and primary angioplasty beginning in Spring 2002.
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Joyce Faria Brennan
Phone: 508-961-5270
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Fax: 508-961-5876
brennanj@southcoast.org
