KZN welcomes 99 babies on Christmas Day
KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has raised concerns over the growing number of teen moms who gave birth over the festive season.
Simelane was speaking at the General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Memorial Hospital in KwaDukuza on Christmas Day.
The province welcomed 99 Christmas babies, including 53 boys and 46 girls.
"We are nevertheless concerned that the youngest among these mothers is a 15 year-old, who gave birth at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital.
"There have also been two 17-year-olds, both of whom gave birth at Mosvold Hospital, under Umkhanyakude District.
"We also have three 18 year-old mothers, who delivered at St Apolinaris, Ladysmith, and Estcourt hospitals.”
