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Alaia Is EsSalud’s First Christmas Baby as Peru’s Maternity Care Stays Active Through the Holiday

Health services stayed on duty under a Yellow Alert, highlighting humanized childbirth with immediate skin-to-skin care.

Overview

  • Alaia was born at 00:25 on December 25 at Hospital Luis Negreiros Vega, weighing 3.25 kg, and was recorded as EsSalud’s first Christmas birth of 2025.
  • Her parents, Chara Rojas Arismendi and Gian Franco Tejada León of Puente Piedra, thanked the care team for a safe delivery on the holiday.
  • EsSalud kept maternal‑neonatal services operating nationwide under an institutional Yellow Alert, with counseling on breastfeeding and newborn care at discharge.
  • The Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal reported several early‑morning births and received a visit from Health Minister Napoleón Quiroz, who emphasized its long‑running humanized birth model with companion support.
  • Parallel reports documented holiday deliveries in Baja California, Mexico—including a first baby at 00:25 in Tijuana—and regional births in Peru such as multiple cases in Huancayo.