Mother’s joy on Christmas

Rita Patrick from Bereina in Central is a proud mum at about 7.30am on Christmas Day, giving birth to a 3.3kg baby girl at the Port Moresby General Hospital, The National reports.
Thankful for her daughter, Rita said Christmas was truly a time when miracles happen.
Sr Annette Semo said nurses and staff at the labour ward worked hard to ensure the safe delivery of 24 healthy babies on Christmas Day, the first of which was a baby girl weighing 4kg. Lae’s Angau Memorial Hospital reported 19 Christmas babies while St Mary’s Vunapope Hospital in East New Britain recorded four babies. – Nationalpic by ALISON ANIS