Westchester Medical Center Celebrates Birth of “Twosday” Twins

VALHALLA, N.Y. (March 2, 2022) – Congratulations to Alexandria Gordon and Johnathan Garnett, parents of twins Essence Naomi Garnett and Parker Gisselle Garnett born February 22, 2022.

Alexandra Gordon and Johnathan Garnett with their twin girls born on 2.22.22

The twin girls born at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) join a special club of babies born on a five-digit palindrome date (2.22.22) that reads the same from left-to-right and right-to-left. In addition, despite being fraternal twins, Essence and Parker were also the same weight: 2 kilograms (6 pounds).

The girls and their mother are now home and doing well after their stays at Westchester Medical Center.

The WMCHealth Women's Health Institute offers a full spectrum of women's health services from gynecology to obstetrics, to cancer care, and more, as well the highest level of neonatal services for baby, before and after birth.  For a full listing of services and the most convenient WMCHealth Women's Healthcare location for care, individuals are encouraged to visit WMCHealth.org/WomensHealth.

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people

and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org or follow at WMCHealth at Facebook.com/WMCHealth or Instagram.com/WMCHealth.

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