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The first baby has been born at the new South West Acute Hospital, near Enniskillen. | |
Lisa McGuinness from Boho, Co Fermanagh was the first patient to be transferred from the old Erne Hospital at 06:45 BST and gave birth to a baby boy. | |
Little Shea Maguire weighed in at 8lb 8oz. | |
BBC Northern Ireland's Julian Fowler, who was at the new hospital for the move, said there was great excitement as the first patients arrived. | |
"Around 75 patients spent Wednesday night in the old hospital and were being transferred by ambulance on Thursday," he said. | "Around 75 patients spent Wednesday night in the old hospital and were being transferred by ambulance on Thursday," he said. |
"They left wards in an out-of-date building to move to single en-suite rooms in the most modern hospital in Europe." |