Breast Milk Is An Elixir For Infants. No Child Should Be Deprived Of Mothers Milk

Vision

Our primary aim is to promote breastfeeding across the society and to build a network of safe and holistic Human milk bank easily reachable or accessible across India where mother’s own milk is unavailable.

Mision

Till today we have impacted thousands of lives of newborns (sick and preterm neonates) babies via Milk banks setup. We as a company take pride in social and economic development of our country by smart investment for human capital development.

Contribution

We have completed full setup of National resource centre, regional resource centre, CLMU, LMU. We have joined hands with Rotary club for spreading the awareness and successful implementation of 5+ Human Milk Bank projects across India. Recently we have completed installation of our Sterifeed S90 Pasteuriser in India’s first and Asia’s oldest Human Milk Bank at Sion Hospital, Mumbai-a landmark milestone for our company.

Human Milk Bank, A boon to Infants.

A human milk bank is a service provided by a hospital or nursing home, where breasts Milk is collected, screened, and stored. This milk is donated by healthy lactating mothers, who willingly donate the milk. This milk plays a vital role in meeting the nutritional requirements of premature and low-weight or very-low-birth-weight babies biologically born to other mothers. Breast milk provides ideal nutrition and supports for growth and development.

Milk banks serve a vital function by providing human milk for premature infants who, for a variety of reasons, would otherwise not have access to human milk. As human milk confers major protective effects on premature infants, the availability of human milk is an important quality of care issue. That’s why breast milk is called Liquid gold.

The first human milk bank in India was established in 1989, in Lokmanya Tilak municipal medical college and general hospital in Sion, Mumbai. As of 2021, there are over 90 human milk banks in India.

Needs

The major causes of neonatal deaths as per the Sample Registration System Report (2015-17) are prematurity and low birth weight in India. To prevent the death of Prematurity and low birth weight babies, there is a grave need to create awareness for using breast milk in health care facilities. Breast milk feeding is the gold standard that covers all needs of newborns, including sick ones.

The Human Milk Bank for sick babies is an innovative strategy that has been implemented successfully in reducing hospital stays, improving survival outcomes, low infection rates, and contributing towards enhancement of the intellectual quotient of the child.

A human milk bank is usually set up close to the NICU, tertiary care hospital, or as a stand-alone setup. The setup is either done by the hospital, NGO, or the Government.