Article: Rd&e launching new breast milk donation scheme

Breastfeeding mums with milk to spare could become part of an express delivery service to help thirsty babies.

The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital is launching a community breast milk donor service.

The first hospital in the South West to operate such a system, it hopes mums will be able to donate excess breast milk to give other babies the best start in life.

The scheme works as part of a new satellite milk bank service.

Previously, the Neo Natal Unit at the hospital only stored expressed breast milk for premature or unwell babies.

But as a satellite milk bank it can now accept, store and donate the milk given by women in the local community to the milk bank at the Princess Anne Maternity ...

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