Sherry has mentioned that Ross is sponsoring an educational dinner for  staff 
at her hospital. Obviously the staff does not realize who is paying for  the 
"dinner" or should I say bribery. I wonder if the nurses realize that their  
patients are paying for the dinner. I bet if we asked the patients they might  
rather have better informed nurses to help with breastfeeding. Please send any 
 of these invitations and materials from these dinners to NABA as we are 
actively  working for measures to counter and eliminate this practice.
 
You have the option of not going and asking others not to go. One group of  
breastfeeding advocates created breastfeeding information flyers to counter the 
 formula hype and passed them out outside the restaurant to people attending 
the  dinner. They called all of the local media-TV and newspapers especially- 
to come  and cover the protest and picketing! 
 
You might ask your corporate compliance people if this practice should be  
allowed at your hospital.
 
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA

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