The human milk bank at the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen has put out a call for more donors ahead of the busy summer months.
The Western Health and Social Care Trust's human milk bank, located at the Co Fermanagh hospital, is making a fresh appeal for new mums to donate breast milk.
One of the bank's coordinators is encouraging new mums to come forward and help to provide essential donor breast milk for babies in neonatal units in hospitals across Ireland.
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"We are indebted to our donor mums who have continued to provide essential donor breast milk for babies in neonatal units in hospitals throughout Ireland," Elizabeth Bailie said.
"The Human Milk Bank staff are working very hard to ensure this vital service remains available to all our vulnerable premature babies, particularly as we go into the busy summer months as we know from previous years this can be a time when neonatal units require additional stocks of donor milk."
In 2021, the facility provided donor milk for 844 premature babies, of which 234 were either a twin or a triplet.
"So you can see it is essential that we continue to recruit donors at this time. I would appeal to expectant mums to consider becoming a donor and for our donor mums to spread the word about the Human Milk Bank as this is the best way to help us recruit new mums," Elizabeth added.
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