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The first baby of the new secular year was born at Assaf HaRofeh Hospital a few minutes after midnight.
Midwives welcomed a baby boy, the first child born to Michal Varom, reportedly a bit earlier than expected but healthy none the same.
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The hospital ended 2016 with 9,329 births, with about 300 more boys than girls.
There were 230 sets of twins were born during the year.
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