Kerala s first human milk bank to be opened on Feb 5
Set up with the support of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the milk bank will ensure breast milk for newborn babies who are not being breastfed by their own mothers who may be sick, deceased, or due to insufficient production of breast milk.
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Kerala s first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility, will be opened at the Ernakulam general hospital here on Friday by
Health Minister KK Shailaja.
Set up with the support of the
Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the milk bank is to ensure breast milk for newborn babies who are not being breastfed by their own mothers who may be sick, deceased, or due to insufficient production of breast milk.
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The Kerala milk bank, like all others will also maintain and ensure all their health statistics are made available at the hospital. (Image for representation /Reuters)
The concept of a human milk bank is not entirely new in India. The first of its kind came up some 3 decades back in Mumbai s Sion Hospital in 1989.
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Come this Friday, Kerala will get its first of a kind human milk bank titled Nectar of Life at the Ernakulam General Hospital in Kochi, the state s health minister KK Shailaja announced on Tuesday.
Kerala s first Human Milk Bank to be opened on February 5
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Last Updated: Feb 02, 2021, 02:01 PM IST
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Set up with the support of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the milk bank is to ensure breast milk for newborn babies, who are not being breastfed by their own mothers who may be sick, deceased or due to insufficient production of breast milk, in the hospital.
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KOCHI: Kerala s first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility will be opened at the Ernakulam general hospital here on Friday by Health Minister K K Shailaja.
Set up with the support of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the milk bank is to ensure breast milk for newborn babies, who are not being breastfed by their own mothers who may be sick, deceased or due to insufficient production of breast milk, in the hospital.
Health Minister KK Shailaja To Open Kerala s First Human Milk Bank On February 5
The milk bank will be set up to ensure breast milk for newborn babies whose mothers cannot breastfeed them Photograph By Jitender Gupta Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-02T17:12:57+05:30 Health Minister KK Shailaja To Open Kerala s First Human Milk Bank On February 5 outlookindia.com 2021-02-02T19:30:54+05:30
A state-of-art facility, Kerala s first-ever Human Milk Bank (HMB) will be opened on February 5. The bank shall open at the Ernakulam general hospital in the city by Health Minister KK Shailaja.
The milk bank has been set up at the hospital with the help of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, which will ensure breast milk for those newborn babies who cannot be breastfed by their own mothers due to a variety of reasons.
Kerala all set to open its first human milk bank on February 5
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Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 14:15 [IST]
Kochi, Feb 02: Kerala s first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility will be opened at the Ernakulam general hospital on Friday by Health Minister KK Shailaja. Set up with the support of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the milk bank is to ensure breast milk for new born babies, who are not being breastfed by their own mothers who may be sick, deceased or due to insufficient production of breast milk, in the hospital.
Although approximately 3600 babies are born in the general hospital a year, 600 to 1,000 sick babies are admitted into the NICU. Providing the low birth-weight premature babies, infants whose mothers are unable to provide sufficient milk and babies separated from mothers due to many reasons with the pasteurized breast milk from the bank will reduce the risk of infections and boost their immunity, said Dr Paul PG of Rotary Cochin Global.