A lovely story about a breast milk bank in Mumbai.

-- Jodine Chase


Now, Mumbai's babies have a breast milk bank
Mumbai October 05, 2005 3:36:15 PM IST
 


 Realising the significance of a mother's milk for an infant, a Hospital in
Mumbai has set up a "Breast Milk Bank". It provides the much-needed
alternative to many women who are not in a position to lactate, or to
secrete milk.

Due to various physical conditions or circumstances a mother may not be able
to provide her child with the all-important nutrient resulting in the baby's
under development and ill health. Considering such desperate situations, the
neo-natology department of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in
Mumbai started this Milk bank.

Established in 1989, the Mother's Milk Centre was developed with the basic
idea of providing human milk to babies so as to ensure their healthy
development through the early stages. Recipients at the bank usually include
premature babies, abandoned babies and babies admitted at the hospitals with
various ailments, including babies whose mothers are unwell and unable to
feed them.

At least 25 babies receive breast milk from the bank everyday.

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