Staff at Werribee Mercy Hospital’s maternity ward have got their hands full, with about 10 babies being born at the hospital each day.
A record 3781 babies, including 21 sets of twins, were born at Werribee Mercy during the 2015-16 financial year, with an almost even split of genders (52.2 per cent boys, 47.8 per cent girls).
That’s up from 3711 bubs in 2015-16, 3144 births in 2014-15 and 2739 babies born in 2013-14.
Mercy Health health services chief executive Linda Mellors said the hospital was expected to deliver, on average, 321 babies each month over 2017-18.
Based on those projections, about 3852 babies will be born at Werribee Mercy this financial year.
Meanwhile, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee has announced that it will be admitting expectant mums from February 26, 2018, and has already listed the names of 11 obstetricians that will be working at the hospital on its website.
