Human milk bank opened at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal
6 months, 1 week ago

Human milk bank opened at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal

The Hindu  

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Udupi G.S. Mamatha Devi inaugurated the first human milk bank of Udupi district ‘Manipal Matri-Amrit Milk Bank’ on Tuesday. The bank aims to ensure that more infants benefit from the vital nutrients found in breast milk, a release from the hospital said. It is crucial for the newborn to receive breast milk in their early days as it significantly improves their health.” Udupi District Health and Family Welfare Officer I.P. Medical Superintendent Avinash Shetty said that the bank is a non-profit initiative and there is also a need to educate lactating mothers to donate excess breast milk to the bank.

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IGMCRI steps up newborn care with human milk bank set up on the premises
9 months, 3 weeks ago

IGMCRI steps up newborn care with human milk bank set up on the premises

The Hindu  

Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute has set up a human milk bank under the Department of Paediatrics to ensure breast milk access to newborns who are unable to suckle-feed for various reasons. According to IGMCRI, the human milk bank would provide critical support to newborns by ensuring availability of safe and nutritious breast milk, especially to those infants …

Human Milk Bank at PGIMER a boon for preterm babies
1 year, 4 months ago

Human Milk Bank at PGIMER a boon for preterm babies

Hindustan Times  

The Human Milk Bank at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, which is celebrating Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to 7, has been a blessing for preterm babies. Around 450 recipients have benefitted from the Human Milk Bank at PGIMER’s Nehru Hospital, Chandigarh. Neonatology professor and milk bank founder Dr Kanya Mukhopadhyay said babies who are born preterm …

BMC’s human milk bank touches pre-Covid numbers with up to 60% rise in donations
1 year, 4 months ago

BMC’s human milk bank touches pre-Covid numbers with up to 60% rise in donations

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: After a brief lull during the pandemic, the three human milk banks in the city run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation saw a significant rise in donations, almost touching the pre-Covid numbers. After which it is kept in a deep freezer for storage before dispensation to infants in need The milk bank at BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central …

Bengaluru’s second human milk bank to start at Gosha Hospital from next week
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengaluru’s second human milk bank to start at Gosha Hospital from next week

The Hindu  

July 12, 2023 11:23 pm | Updated 11:23 pm IST - Bengaluru Soon, preterm and low-birth-weight babies at the State-run Hajee Sir Ismail Sait Gosha Hospital can get supportive breast milk free of cost. The hospital’s in-house human milk bank is all set to start functioning from next week. Rotary funding With funding of ₹24 lakh from Rotary Clubs of …

Human milk is essential, yet scientists know little about it. UCSD plans to change that
1 year, 8 months ago

Human milk is essential, yet scientists know little about it. UCSD plans to change that

LA Times  

It is one of the few foods that nearly everyone on the planet has consumed at some point. “There’s so much milk coming through here, we can really drive research,” said Dr. Lisa Stellwagen, who runs the UC Health Milk Bank. At UCSD, the new institute’s three main components are Bode’s lab, the Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence; the UC …

World Breastfeeding Week 2022: Here’s How New Moms and Milk Banks are Saving Lives
2 years, 4 months ago

World Breastfeeding Week 2022: Here’s How New Moms and Milk Banks are Saving Lives

News 18  

WORLD BREASTFEEDING DAY 2022: Breast milk is the ultimate superfood for an infant. It is proven that human breast milk reduces the risk of diseases and death among infants with low birth weights and premature babies. In such cases, what has proven to be a simple and effective way to fill the gap are breast milk donations by new mothers …

Human milk bank comes up at SDM Hospital in Dharwad
2 years, 5 months ago

Human milk bank comes up at SDM Hospital in Dharwad

The Hindu  

The twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad have got their first human milk bank in the form of “Amruta-SDM Rotary Human Milk Bank” set up on the premises of SDM Hospital at Sattur in Dharwad. On Wednesday, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade inaugurated the human milk bank that will cater to the needs of needy patients in the North Karnataka region. Inaugurating …

World Breastfeeding Week 2021: Breast Milk Bank and How to Access Them?
3 years, 4 months ago

World Breastfeeding Week 2021: Breast Milk Bank and How to Access Them?

News 18  

Human milk bank or breast milk bank offers a service by which human milk donated by nursing mothers is collected, screened, processed, and dispensed. Any one or more than one of the following situations may make a mother consider donor breast milk: Fostered or adopted babies Production of milk is low and own milk needs to supplemented with donor milk …

Kerala Gets its First Milk Bank but is Donor Milk Safe for Babies? Here's All You Need to Know
3 years, 10 months ago

Kerala Gets its First Milk Bank but is Donor Milk Safe for Babies? Here's All You Need to Know

News 18  

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. “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 …

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