Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital's Riley Mother and Baby unit building [Photo/Joe Khisa]
As billions of Christians across the globe were celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, popularly known as Christmas day, the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret town was celebrating new lives brought to the world.This is after the facility which is the biggest Hospital in the North Rift region registered 40 newborns on Monday.
Majority of the mothers who gave birth on Christmas day named their male children Emmanuel which means 'God with Us'.Julia Tirop is among the lucky mothers who gave birth to twins on this special day.
"One of the twins was a boy and being Christmas day I named him Emanuel," Mrs. Tirop said on Tuesday.Another mother Miriam Rotich despite suffering from heart disease also managed to give birth.Records at the MTRH Riley Mother and Baby unit indicate that 17 children were born on the Christmas Eve and 23 on the Christmas day.*Is there a newsworthy accident, incident or event happening in Uasin Gishu County that you want Hivisasa to cover? Tell us what is happening by Joining this group, and have it published.* https://chat.whatsapp.com/7GcReSJ5zQQ0Us9eWrEhMI