We are pleased to give good news to the mothers of Asturias. The Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA) has launched your own milk bank to donate to hospitalized babies, the majority premature, who cannot receive, for whatever reason, the milk of their own mother.
Breast milk is always much more beneficial than bank milk than formula milk and acts to protect babies born before term against serious infections and diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis.
Is the eleventh milk bank It works in Spain (the others in the Balearic Islands, Madrid, Valencia, Granada, Aragon, Barcelona, Extremadura, Castilla y León, Vigo, Santiago de Compostela and Seville) and will be supplied by altruistic donations from mothers.
The collection of breast milk is done in the hospital, where the mother delivers it frozen and there it is processed, pasteurized and verified that it is in perfect condition for consumption.
The World Health Organization is clear about the importance of donating milk to many babies:
"When the mother's own milk is not available, pasteurized milk from selected donor mothers is the best option for feeding children, especially if they are sick or high-risk children" (Infant and child nutrition small World strategy for infant and young child feeding Report by the Secretariat 55th World Health Assembly April 16, 2002. A55 / 15 Geneva
If you are interested, we explain everything you need to know if you want to be a donor of breast milk and you can contact your nearest bank to collect your milk. Giving visibility we will get more people to know the very important role that milk banks play. Without a doubt, a gift for a lifetime.
