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I discuss this using the same example in a youtuve presentation at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BjnGCNahU&feature=channel_page
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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From: "Jennifer Sokolow" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:34 AM
Subject: Re: article on infant feeding in emergencies
> This reminded me of an article I read a few years ago by a pediatrician
> in Biloxi, Mississippi, about his experiences right after Hurricane
> Katrina. While his efforts to treat patients in the wake the of disaster
> were certainly heroic, and I don't want to belittle them, I was bothered
> by the following paragraph:
>
> "I decided to split the limited supplies of formula into 2 parts: 1 for
> the nursery and 1 for the anticipated needs of outpatients and the
> community. Because safe drinking water to mix with the formula would be a
> long time coming, it was truly an optimum time to discharge all infants
> on breast milk. Even after lengthy discussions of the benefits of
> breastfeeding, especially now, mothers of the first 3 newborns chose to
> use formula. Even in a natural disaster with no running water, some moms
> still will not be motivated to breastfeed. So, we discharged these
> infants with formula and disposable nipples."
>
> Surely this was the time to emphasize the *danger* of using formula
> without safe drinking water, rather than the "benefits of breastfeeding"?
> Of course, it is possible that he did talk about the danger, but either
> he or his editor simply summarized the discussions using the familiar
> phrase "benefits of breastfeeding." But you have to wonder.
>
> Full article here:
> http://tinyurl.com/krlon6 (the quoted paragraph is from the section
> "August 30: 1 Day After Landfall")
>
>
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