SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – Regional West Health Services welcomed the first baby to be born in 2015 at the medical center at 8:02 a.m. on New Year’s Day.

Samuel Loyd Foster was born Thursday, January 1, to Chad Foster and Briana O’Ryan of Torrington, Wyo. He arrived just in time for his dad to meet him before departing for Army boot camp at Fort Benning, Ga.

Samuel measured 20 and 3/4 inches and weighed seven pounds, one ounce. His middle name was chosen in honor of the baby’s great grandfather on his father’s side.

Charge nurse Cassie Haeffelin, RN, BSN, of Regional West’s Birth and Infant Care Center, presented the family with a variety of baby gifts, which is a Regional West tradition for the first baby born each New Year at Regional West.

Regional West Health Services, Scottsbluff, Neb., is the parent company for Regional West Medical Center, Regional West Physicians Clinic and Regional West Garden County. These organizations, with over 1,900 employees, provide comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people and communities of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. With over 110 active physicians, plus an additional 25 consulting specialists, the Regional West family of health care organizations offers care that spans more than 30 medical specialties.