Press Release – Canterbury District Health Board
Today marks seven years of Canterbury DHBs Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) operating the first human milk bank in New Zealand. The human milk bank opened in February 2014 and has been providing neonatal mothers and babies with breastmilk …
Today marks seven years of Canterbury DHB’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) operating the first human milk bank in New Zealand.
The human milk bank opened in February 2014 and has been providing neonatal mothers and babies with breastmilk from generous donor mothers ever since.
The aim of the milk bank is to support mothers who wish to breastfeed by providing pasteurised donor milk in the first week after birth until their own supply of breast milk establishes.