Kaweah Health Welcomes Christmas Babies

VISALIA, Calif. — There were 8 babies delivered on Christmas Day at Kaweah Health Medical Center.

The first was a boy, Nathan Rocky Hernandez, born at 6:58 a.m.. Born to Monica Gonzalez and Juan Aaron Hernandez of Strathmore, he weighed 7.13 pounds and was 20.5 inches in length.

The first girl born on Christmas was Aria Valentina Rivera, born at 9:03 a.m. Born to Breanna Torres and Brian Rivera of Farmersville, she weighed 6 pounds and was 18.5 inches in length.

Kaweah Health’s Family Birthing Center provides maternity and infant health care. It offers the community the largest labor/delivery triage area in Tulare County with anesthesiologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists for high-risk deliveries and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staffed by physicians from Valley Children’s Medical Group. Kaweah Health’s NICU is community designated by California Children’s Services as providing care for infants as early as 26-weeks gestation and has a neonatologist and pediatric hospitalist on site 24/7.

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About Kaweah Health
Kaweah Health, a publicly owned healthcare organization established in 1961, is the largest hospital in Tulare County, with services including a level III trauma center, rural health clinics, urgent care centers, a rehabilitation hospital, cancer center, long-term care facilities, and other specialty services. With more than 5,000 employees and a medical staff of about 670 professionals, Kaweah Health’s mission is to provide excellent and compassionate healthcare to the community, with a vision to be a world-class healthcare choice for life. For more information, visit KaweahHealth.org or follow Kaweah Health on Facebook, Instagram, or X.