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The admission registers and case files of all the neonatal ward admissions were reviewed from January 2018 to April 2020; the age at admission, gestational age, sex, inborn or out-born status, diagnosis, and outcome were recorded and analyzed. Of the 2,959 admissions during the study period, 68.4% were out-born and 77.9% were term gestation infants. The most common diagnoses were neonatal jaundice (NNJ; 28.4%), infection (28.0%), prematurity with associated complications (22.1%), and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE; 18.2%). The overall mortality rate was 17.6%. Prematurity with associated complications (39.2%), HIE (24.8%), congenital anomalies (CAs; 12.7%), and NNJ (11.5%) were the most common conditions associated with mortality. Of those who died, the most common diagnoses among term infants were HIE (40.7%), CAs (21.8%), NNJ (18.9%), and infection (15.5%); respiratory distress syndrome (52.4%), infection (31.8%), and CAs (7.8%) were the most common diagnoses in preterm infants. The high risk of mortality with HIE, jaundice, infections, and CAs in this cohort reflects the national figures and trends. 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