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At 12:12 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Eli Antelmo Martinez was the first baby born at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville. His parents, Petra “Jasmin” Flores and Erick Martinez, live in Washington. 

Eli weighs seven pounds and three ounces and is 20 inches, the hospital shared. 

“ECU Health and Women’s Services at Maynard Children’s Hospital delivered more than 3,950 babies in 2023. We are delighted to welcome Eli, and wish his family all the best,” ECU Health said. 

Women’s Services specializes in care for pregnant women, including high-risk antepartum (before birth), labor and delivery, and postpartum (after birth) care. ECU Health Medical Center also delivers more than 3,900 babies each year, making it the largest birthing center in eastern North Carolina; serves as the regional referral center for high-risk pregnancies; offers eastern North Carolina’s only Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as part of the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center; and supports our community as a Baby Friendly Hospital.