Somebody is being fruitful and multiplying.
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the hospital with the highest annual newborn delivery rate in the country, says it has beaten its record for the number of births in a single month.
The 122-year-old Jerusalem hospital managed 1,900 deliveries, yielding the birth of 1,926 babies in January. This tops the former monthly record of 1,856 babies born at Shaare Zedek in December.
The hospital serves much of Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox population, which historically has high birth rates.
“We are starting 2024 with the same trend with which we closed out 2023. I want to thank all our midwives and the women who rely on us during this happy moment for them and their families,” says Shaare Zedek director Prof. Ofer Merin.
Merin emphasizes that obstetric and maternity staff from all backgrounds work together at the hospital 24/7 to provide the best possible care for pregnant and birthing women.
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