Saint Alphonsus welcomes Baker City’s first baby of 2021
By Shannon Weidemann (McKone) on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
BAKER CITY – (Release by Saint Alphonsus) Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City is pleased to announce the arrival of the first baby of 2021 at the Baker City hospital.
Paycen Reece Preston was born on January 1, 2021 at 8:19 PM. Weight 6lbs, 13oz and measuring 19 ¼” long. He was born to Shelby & Joshua Preston.
To commemorate the hospital’s first baby of 2021, Saint Alphonsus presented Shelby, Joshua and Paycen with a reusable laundry basket/tote filled with baby clothes, a blanket, an Alphonzo Bear stuffed animal, and other items parents of newborns need and enjoy.
About Saint Alphonsus Health System
As a faith-based Catholic ministry and not-for-profit health system, Saint Alphonsus Health System reinvests in the communities we serve, through charity care and other benefits. Our goal is to improve the health and well-being of people by emphasizing care that is patient-centered, physician-led, innovative and community-based. Saint Alphonsus Health System serves the people of southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada through these facilities: Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center – Boise, ID; Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital – Boise, ID; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa, ID; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario, OR; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City, OR; and, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group with primary and specialty care providers at over 70 clinic locations, all of which are members of the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance, a network of over 2100 employed and independent providers. Saint Alphonsus is a proud member of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Trinity Health serves people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with 94 hospitals and 122 continuing care facilities, home health and hospice programs, and PACE center locations. To find out more go to: www.saintalphonsus.org
