Orlando Health South Lake Hospital is proud to welcome its first baby of the New Year. Baby Koast came into the world at 5:49 am, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. and measuring 20.5″ long. Happy Birthday, Koast!
In honor of this special occasion, the Central Florida Diaper Bank donated diapers for a year (roughly 3,600) to the family of the hospital’s first baby. The organization advocates for and encourages healthy growth, nutrition and development for children from newborn to age three, promoting self-sufficiency for at-risk families by identifying their needs and providing the appropriate resources.
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Center for Women and Babies offers total, trusted care for women, from pre-pregnancy through post-partum care. Board-certified obstetricians delivering at the hospital care for both moms and babies before, during and after delivery. Nurses and lactation consultants also offer the support and resources moms need to be successful. The hospital was also just named to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Maternity Care Access Hospitals list, recognizing it as a facility that offers care in a community that might otherwise become a maternity care desert.
About Orlando Health
Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $14 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $2 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 24, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.
