Soon, preterm and low-birth-weight babies at the State-run Hajee Sir Ismail Sait (HSIS) Gosha Hospital can get supportive breast milk free of cost. The hospital’s in-house human milk bank is all set to start functioning from next week.
This will be the third government human milk bank in Karnataka and the second in Bengaluru. The donors will be mothers from the hospital. The milk will be provided free of cost to sick and preterm babies at the hospital.
At present, Vani Vilas Maternity Hospital, attached to the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, and Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) are the two government institutes with such a facility.