Christmas baby

Date published: 25 December 2012


A baby was born at Oldham Royal Maternity Unit this Christmas morning to Rochdale based parents.

Noorjahan Begum of Spotland gave birth to a baby boy, weighing a healthy 7lb 2oz, at 7.22am.

Mrs Begum and her husband Mohammed Dofiqul Islam have yet to name their fifth child.

She said: "He is a beautiful boy but we haven't decided on a name yet."

Baby was delivered in the new maternity unit at Oldham Royal, which opened on 3 December, by midwives Lisa Moores and Lynn Day.

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