Second in Vadodara: Human Milk Bank opens at Parul Sevashram Hospital

Human milk is a source of anti-infective factors that are proven to reduce infections, feed intolerance and necrotizing Enterocolitis, which are the major causes of mortality in preterm neonates.

Breast milk is always the preferred feed for any neonate either from their own mothers and if the mother's own milk is not available, then donor human milk is the next best choice, especially for preterm babies. Therefore, it is the best option for a premature baby when a mother's milk is inaccessible.

Speaking with TOI, Medical Director Dr Geetika Patel said "We are the first self-finance medical college and eighth in Gujarat to have this facility. The addition of a milk bank facility will serve as a boon to the newborns thereby achieving our goal of 'health for all,”

"The process of milk collection, screening, processing and dispensing is ensured and the departments of paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology will regularly do awareness campaigns for mothers to donate the milk," she added.

Parul Sevashram Hospital is a facility spread over 4.2 lakhs square feet with a total of 750 beds designed spaciously and with well-ventilated, modern architecture giving a positive energy & treating thousands of patients each year.

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