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BY SIMONE JOSEPH Staff Writer IoshuaParsawasbom ten sec- onds after midnightat Markham Sgouflville Hospital with “a good amount of black hair, a quiet demeanor and parents shocked by his healthy ten pound one ounce size. While the nurses and doctor‘ were ecstatic at the baby’s timely arrival, parents Galin and Sina Parsa just wanted to know one thmgâ€"wasitaboyoragirl? In the nurses’ excitement over the birth of the “NewYear‘s baby", no one identified the gender. “The nurses were more excit- ed than us," Mr. Parsa, 36, said Friday from the hospital. “No one told us if it was a boy or a girl.” Mrs. Parsa only began pushing ten minutes before midnight. ldshua was the first baby born at Markham Stouflville Hospital in 2009. ‘ The fast delivery was quite a change from giving birth to their first child when Mrs. Parsa was pushing for 1-1/2 hours. “I hid no idea he would be born so close to midnight," said Mrs. Parsa, 27. Joshua's arrival was both speedy and subdqed. “He was really quiet, Mrs. Parsa said. “I totally mistook him for a quiet baby and then today, he started crying. He showed his true colours." Ba by arrives seconds after 2009 begins Markham Stoufi‘uille welcomes familyis new addition, 10 pound 1 ounce Joshua See BUYS. page 5 unmxmzm I WMWWWW I 16 PAGE/51mm BY KBELY GRASS“ Staff Writer Markham Stoufl'ville Hospital is reporting no cases of two super- bugs â€" hospital-associated infec- tions that are resistant to some anti- biotics. The provincial government ieleased hospitals’ fates of methicil- NO SUPERBUG CASES AT HOSPITAL Tulk. 9, concentrates on making his transparent canvas painting during the New Year’s Art Extravaganza event for kids at the Latcham Gallery Art Bunker yesterday. The event through the week had kids making cartoons, puppets and posters. Personalized Insurance Service lin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vandomycin lesistant enterococcus (VRE) this week The rates are part of the province's patient safety indicator release pro- Neither Marldmam Stoufl'ville nor York Central Hospital and Southlake Regional Health Centre reported of the infections during the BIIIIIIINE ARTIST period of Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2008. PrmrinceWide, there were 61 cases of MRSA found and 10 cases MSRA is spread person to per- son, usuallyondlehandsofcare- givers, according to the province’s health Enteroooocci are a type of bacteria normally found in the intestines and in the environ- ment. These bacteria sometimes cause infections. VRE is also spread pelson to person, again often on the hands of caregivers Bothcanbekilledbyproperuse of disinfectants and hand washing, according to the Markfiam Stoufi'ville has sev- See uosrmu. page 2‘ STAFF PHOTOIBILL ROBERTS WW: mm 6312Idn8t