THE reborn Mildura Base Public Hospital welcomed one of its first newborns with a maiden "I'm a Base Baby" onesie this week.

Reviving an old Mildura Base tradition, new chief executive Terry Welch said that all newborns were gifted singlets under the public hospital's previous management, before private provider Ramsay Health Care took the reins two decades ago.

"Now every new arrival will rece...