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Alaia Becomes EsSalud’s First Christmas Newborn as Peru’s Maternity Units Sustain Holiday Care

Health authorities used the Christmas births to highlight uninterrupted Yellow Alert coverage alongside humanized care at public hospitals.

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.