Following on from what Winnie says brings to mind a calculation our Paediatric Manager did about 8 years. She calculated how much it cost for in-patient care of a baby with gastro-enteritis, it was 1,000 POUNDS for the first 24 hours & 350 Pounds per day thereafter, the babies were in on average for 3 days which was an average of 1,700 per baby, for me this meant if by Breastfeeding we prevented 1 baby being admitted per month that equated with my salary. More than 1 were admitted per month!!!!!!!!!!! Clare *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html