Overview
- Alaia was born at 00:25 on December 25 at Hospital Luis Negreiros Vega, weighed 3.25 kg, and was confirmed as EsSalud’s first Christmas birth of 2025.
- The delivery team applied immediate skin‑to‑skin contact and early breastfeeding support, reflecting humanized birth practices reported across EsSalud facilities.
- EsSalud said maternal‑neonatal services remained fully operational nationwide under a declared Yellow Alert to ensure safe deliveries during year‑end festivities.
- The National Maternal Perinatal Institute in Lima presented several newborns from the night, with Health Minister Napoleón Quiroz visiting and noting the institute’s long‑running humanized model.
- Regional reports also logged first Christmas births in Baja California, including a 00:25 delivery in Tijuana, as hospitals recorded multiple healthy arrivals in the early hours.