<p>To be developed with the most modern state-of-the-art equipment, the milk bank envisages a slew of path-breaking facilities not only for mothers who fall ill during the six-month lactating period after delivery but also for those who do not lactate. “Breast milk is meant for new borns that has no substitute. And the breast milk bank will come as a big boon to several sick newborns, premature infants and those whose mothers run out of milk just before or after delivery due to several complications,” head of Neo-Natalogy department Arun Singh told Deccan Herald here. <br /><br />India’s first and the only breast milk bank was set up in Maharashtra. Developed countries such as the US, UK and Sweden already have breast milk banks. Elaborating on the concept and operation of the bank, Singh, the brain behind the initiative, said that the department will urge mothers to donate the excess milk they may have after feeding their babies.<br /><br />“We’ll obtain the mothers’ consent in storing the excess milk,” he pointed out. However, the immediate task is to popularise the concept. “We’ll counsel willing mothers to get rid of their hesitation and come forward to donate. We’d even opt for organising breast milk donation, much like blood donation camps where the lady doctors will be present to assist willing mothers donate breast milk,” Singh explained.<br /><br />Singh and his team have decided to put in place stringent measures to ensure the milk thus fed to newborns or babies does not contain anything that would have adverse impact on them. “The milk will be stored after rigorous testing of both the milk and the donor,” said Singh. <br /></p>
<p>To be developed with the most modern state-of-the-art equipment, the milk bank envisages a slew of path-breaking facilities not only for mothers who fall ill during the six-month lactating period after delivery but also for those who do not lactate. “Breast milk is meant for new borns that has no substitute. And the breast milk bank will come as a big boon to several sick newborns, premature infants and those whose mothers run out of milk just before or after delivery due to several complications,” head of Neo-Natalogy department Arun Singh told Deccan Herald here. <br /><br />India’s first and the only breast milk bank was set up in Maharashtra. Developed countries such as the US, UK and Sweden already have breast milk banks. Elaborating on the concept and operation of the bank, Singh, the brain behind the initiative, said that the department will urge mothers to donate the excess milk they may have after feeding their babies.<br /><br />“We’ll obtain the mothers’ consent in storing the excess milk,” he pointed out. However, the immediate task is to popularise the concept. “We’ll counsel willing mothers to get rid of their hesitation and come forward to donate. We’d even opt for organising breast milk donation, much like blood donation camps where the lady doctors will be present to assist willing mothers donate breast milk,” Singh explained.<br /><br />Singh and his team have decided to put in place stringent measures to ensure the milk thus fed to newborns or babies does not contain anything that would have adverse impact on them. “The milk will be stored after rigorous testing of both the milk and the donor,” said Singh. <br /></p>
