Breastmilk isnt exactly magical (its biological) but its pretty darn close it seems sometimes. Which is why it can be so important for the most fragile infants to receive breastmilk. But its not always easily available for such babies. This is where milk banks come in and Im so excited to see that milk banking is growing in India. From the article: Two months before her due date, Gauri Meena gave birth to a baby boy at her village home in Indias desert state of Rajasthan. At 1.2kg (2.6lb), the baby was less than half the average weight of a normal Indian newborn and Ms Meena and her husband, Devilal, feared they would lose him. Taking advice from a local doctor, they wrapped their days-old son in a thick blanket last November and took him by bus to a government-run hospital in the nearest city 130km (80 miles) away. At the Maharana Bhopal General Hospital in Udaipur, doctors told the couple their child had a low survival rate. The infant, with his underdeveloped immune system, had contracted sepsis - a bacterial infection which can be life-threatening - and was given antibiotics as treatment. Doctors also told Ms Meena it was important the baby received mothers milk as it contained hormones and growth factors that would help him become stronger. The 22-year-old - malnourished and stressed - was not producing enough of her own. But thankfully, help was on hand. The first human milk bank in north India, according to the NGO operating it, has been offering for free since April last year what health experts have long described as liquid gold. Read more here, its truly inspiring. bbc/news/world-asia-india-28106559
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:20:41 +0000
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