New lives for a brand new year

THE first baby of 2014 born in the Valencian Community was a girl, the daughter of a Spanish mother; she was born in the Torrevieja hospital in Alicante on the January 1 at 1.26am. She weighed 3.3 kilos at birth and her name is Mara.

In the province of Valencia the first baby was a girl, named Sara, born in La Fe Hospital at 1.30 am, daughter of a Spanish mother. The girl weighed 3.3 kilos at birth.

In the province of Castellon the first baby was a girl born in the General Hospital at 9.11am and will be named Marta; she is also the daughter of a Spanish mother and weighed 3.6 kilos.

According to the data provided by public hospitals in the Valencia Community, the total number of births in public hospitals in 2013 was 30,271 births,  a decrease of 6.06 per cent compared to the previous year 2012, which had 32,223 births.