INDIANAPOLIS – The first few notes of Jesus Loves Me sounded at 1:21 p.m., Jan. 1, announcing the first baby born on New Year’s Day 2011 at Franciscan Alliance/St. Francis Hospital-Indianapolis.Julian Leon Peguero weighed in at 6.59 pounds and measured 19 ½ inches long. He is the son of Steven and Brooke Peguero of Greenwood.
St. Francis-Indianapolis had 2,314 babies born at its facility as of Dec. 1, 2010. Nearly 36,000 infants have been delivered since 1996, when the Women and Children’s Services program was consolidated at the hospital’s south-side campus at 8111 S. Emerson Ave.
Each time a child is born at the hospital, the first few stanzas of Jesus Loves Me chimes throughout the hospital via the public address system.
Brooke and Steven Peguero of Greenwood welcomed their son at 1:21 p.m. New Year's Day
