Donating breast milk to help Okanagan families with new born babies has become a whole lot easier thanks to a new milk depot in 91大黄鸭.
Interior Health officially opened the collection depot earlier this week to help more people become donors and allow them to donate on a continuous basis, rather than through periodic milk bank drives. A second depot also opened in Kamloops.
鈥淪creened and pasteurized donor human milk is often in high demand at hospitals across the province for premature or sick infants,鈥� said IH newborn director Rob Finch.
鈥淲hile a mother鈥檚 own milk is always the first choice, pasteurized donor human milk is extremely beneficial for at-risk newborns, such as those born prematurely.鈥�
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With the opening of the new depots there are now a total of 28 milk depots across the province. The depots will provide a place for women to drop off raw, frozen milk, which is then transported to the in Vancouver.
Donors are pre-screened because the milk will be distributed to hospitals throughout B.C where its health-promoting properties, including antibodies which fight infection and disease, will be given to babies in need.
鈥淭wo new milk depots for 91大黄鸭 and Kamloops will help infants in the very first, fragile stages of their lives, and are incredibly important for those first few days,鈥� said Health Minister Adrian Dix.
鈥淚 am proud of Interior Health for making this happen and thank the selfless donors who provide milk to meet the ever-growing demand.鈥�
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The BC Women鈥檚 Provincial Milk Bank has
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