Press Releases
January 02, 2007
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital ’s First Baby of 2007 Goes Home With Two Gift Baskets
Lake Forest, Ill. – Two large gift baskets filled with useful items were delivered to the room of the first baby born at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital in 2007 and her mother just before they went home Jan. 2. Brianna Michelle Rivera was born at 4:25 a.m. New Year's Day and weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Her parents are Rigoberto and Karina Rivera of Waukegan.
One of the gift baskets was from the Babies “R” Us store in Vernon Hills.
It was presented by Leslie Miller, promotional coordinator (left). The other basket, from Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, was presented by Pauline Norton, interim director of the hospital’s Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health.
Brianna Michelle is the Rivera’s second child. Their first child, a son, is three years old. Brianna Michelle was born on her due date (Jan.1), so the couple had considered the possibility of having a first baby of 2007.
Karina continued working at her job at an Allstate insurance agency office in Waukegan until Friday, Dec. 29, before giving birth on Monday.
About Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 854-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 205-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
About Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is a wholly owned entity of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. The hospital has 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has been named the Consumer Choice Hospital for Lake and Kenosha counties according to a survey by National Research Corporation for five years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses, best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
The hospital’s mission is to provide communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Clinical services are delivered at the hospital’s Lake Forest and Grayslake campuses, and at facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. At the main hospital in Lake Forest, exemplary care is provided in Cain Family Emergency Services, the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health, the Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center, the Waud Family Maternity Services and the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine. CareCoach, Lake County’s only mobile health program, provides care for the underserved at 25 locations throughout the region. For more information, visit lfh.org.