| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan |
| January 3, 2008 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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WAREHAM, Mass. — Tobey's Baby New Year waited nearly three days before making his 2008 arrival.
Noah Wright Sperry, the son of Benjamin Wright Sperry and Michelle Desrosier of Dartmouth, arrived at 7:03 a.m. on January 3, 2008, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.
The first New Year's baby to be born in Massachusetts arrived at another Southcoast hospital, Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2008. Baby boy, Maisen Rego, was born to Nicole Cayer and Jeffrey Rego, also of Dartmouth. He weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces.
St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford welcomed its baby New Year at 12:36 a.m. on January 1. Joshua Hunter Clark, the son of Tammy Clark and David Clark of New Bedford checked in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces.
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.
New Year's Babies
Tobey Hospital
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| Tobey Hospital: New dad Benjamin Wright Sperry and new mom Michelle Desrosier of Dartmouth with their baby boy, Noah Wright Sperry, who was born at 7:03 a.m. on January 3 at Tobey Hospital. | |
Charlton Memorial Hospital
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| Charlton Memorial Hospital: New dad Jeffrey Rego and new mom Nicole Cayer of Dartmouth with their baby boy, Maisen Rego, who was born at 12:01 a.m. at Charlton Memorial Hospital, making him the first New Year's Baby in Massachusetts. | |
St. Luke's Hospital
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| St. Luke's Hospital: New mom Tammy Clark of New Bedford with their baby boy, Joshua Hunter Clark, who was born at 12:36 a.m. at St. Luke's Hospital, making him the second New Year's Baby on the South Coast. | |
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 advanced 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 has more than 40 ancillary facilities, including the Southcoast Health Van, home health care, hospice and infusion services, numerous outpatient medical services, an assisted living facility and a wellness center. For more information visit www.southcoast.org.
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.
Media Contact
Joyce Faria Brennan
Public Information Officer
Phone: 508-961-5270
Pager: 508-387-9605
Fax: 508-961-5876
brennanj@southcoast.org
