Babies Boom in Blizzard Aftermath
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nine months after the first in a long series of winter storms swept through central and eastern Washington, maternity wards in many area hospitals are being swamped with newborns. Providence Yakima Medical Center surpassed its August average for births just three weeks into the month. The scene is similar at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, which also surpassed its monthly average of 200 births three weeks into August.
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