The milk is collected, pasteurized at 65 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes and then frozen at minus 20 degrees Celsius. This milk can last six months and is a boon for sick and abandoned babies, said Fernandez.
Dr Umesh Vaidya, Head of the Neonatal ICU at KEM hospital in Pune, agrees. “The best of formula feeds are not even close to the benefits an infant gets from human breast milk.” He said such banks can help check diarrhoea and infections, the main causes for infant deaths.
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