INDIANAPOLIS –The clock struck 11:49 a.m., Jan. 1 – and Emma Viehweg became the first baby born in 2012 at Franciscan St. Francis Health-Indianapolis. Emma weighed in at 7 pounds and 5.2 ounces, and measured 20 inches long. She is the daughter of Taylor Oliver and Bryce Viehweg of Indianapolis.
In 2011, more than 2,900 babies were born at the Indianapolis hospital. Nearly 40,000 infants have been delivered there since 1995, when the Women and Children’s Services program at Beech Grove was consolidated with the hospital’s south-side campus at 8111 S. Emerson Ave.
Each time a child is born at the hospital, Jesus Loves Me chimes throughout the hospital via the public address system.
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