News24 | Eastern Cape mom gives birth to 6.37kg baby boy, breaks hospital record

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An expectant Buffalo City mother bought several items of clothing ranging from 0 to 3 months in anticipation of her baby boy’s birth. But after giving birth at the Life Beacon Bay Hospital in KuGompo, she had to go back to the outlets to exchange them because her baby, Izimakhe, needed clothes…

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