In a hurry for Independence

Her baby should have arrived just before Christmas, but made it a Happy Independence for first-time mum Jameilia Gill instead.

However you look at it, the six-pound, ten-ounce baby who made his appearance at 2:48 a.m. at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) yesterday would have been special, and Gill is elated.

He was not only the first baby to be born on Barbados’ 48th birthday, but the first boy as well.

“It feels great,” Gill said with a smile, as she held her bundle of joy that was actually due on December 22. (YB)

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