Sick and premature babies from across the country are able to thrive thanks to donations from generous mothers who donate their breastmilk.
The Human Milk bank located within the Western Trust first opened in 2000 and since then has gone on to help thousands of neonatal babies all over Ireland.
In 2021, the Milk Bank processed a total donation of 2,142 litres of donor expressed milk and provided approximately 1,427 litres of breast milk to 27 neonatal units in hospitals across Ireland, helping 844 babies, including 100 sets of twins and 11 sets of triplets.
