Prashanth Hospitals Launches ‘Prasha nth Human Milk Bank’ For Preterm Ba bies
1. Prashanth Human Milk Bank is locat ed within the Velachery facility of the hospital with world-class pasteurizer, deep freezer, breast pumps and thawi ng equipment.
2. The hospital plans to donate collec ted human milk to preterm babies acr oss different hospitals and neonatal c are facilities in the city.
Chennai, 31st July, 2024: Taking a sign ificant leap in spreading awareness a bout breastfeeding and easing the acc essibility of nutritious human milk for preterm babies, Prash anth Hospitals, a leading multi-specialty hospital cha in in Chennai, today inaugurated the ‘Prasha nth Human Milk Bank’ at its Velachery facility. The state-of-the-art hum man milk bank, with its advanced faci lities and technologies, will serve as a crucial resource in supporting the hea lth and development of preterm babies.
The human milk bank was inaugur ate d by Dr. J. Kumutha, Dean of Savee tha Medical College, and Dr. Rema Cha ndr amohan, Director of the Institute of Ch ild Health at Madras Medical College, in the presence of Dr. K. Gita, Consulta nt Paediatrician and Neonatologist at Prashanth Hospitals – Chetpet, Dr. T. Vijayakumar, Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist at Prashanth Hospit als, Velachery, and Dr. V. Prakash, Con sultant Paediatrician and Neonatologis t at Prashanth Hospitals – Velachery a nd Kolathur.
Commenting on the launch, Dr. Geetha Haripriya, Chairperson of Prashanth Group of Hospitals, said, “The establis hment of the Prashanth Human Milk B ank is a significant milestone in our mi ssion to provide comprehensive health care solutions. Our commitment is to ensure that every preterm baby receiv es the best possible start in life. Prasha nth Human Milk Bank will facilitate do nations from lactating mothers, creati ng a supportive community that value es the importance of breast milk in ne onatal care. We plan to donate collecte d human milk to various hospitals and neonatal care facilities in the city, exte nding our reach and impact on infant health.”
Equipped with world-class pasteurizer s, deep freezers, breast pumps, and th awing equipment, Prashanth Human Milk Bank will serve as a vital resourc ce designed to provide essential nutriti on to preterm babies across hospitals and neonatal care facilities in Chennai . By collecting, pasteurizing, and storin g human milk, the milk bank aims to b ridge the gap for mothers who are una ble to provide sufficient breast milk fo r their infants. The human milk bank, a brainchild of Dr. Geetha Haripriya, h as been designed and developed to ens sure the highest quality and safety of d onated human milk.
Adding to this, Dr. J. Kumutha, Dean of Saveetha Medical College, said,I woul d like to congratulate the team of doct ors at Prashanth Hospitals for starting a novel and life-saving initiative. All newb orns deserve a happy and healthy start; Prashanth Human Milk Bank wil l truly make a difference to critically i ll babies, and I welcome lactating mot hers to come forward and join the com munity to help such babies in need.”
Dr. Rema Chandramohan, Director of the Institute of Child Health at Madras Medical College, said, “Breastfeeding has remarkable benefits and is founda tional for a healthy lifestyle for any ba by. I am happy to see Prashanth Hospit als coming forward to set up and start a Human Milk Bank that will make a si gnificant difference in the lives of ma ny newborn, preterm babies. I offer m y sincere gratitude to Prashanth Hospi tals for this novel initiative.” Prashant h Human Milk Bank was launched in c ommemoration of World Breastfeedin ing Week (1st August-7th August). The hospital also plans to conduct several awareness activities and sessions acro ss its three facilities in Chennai under the theme “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding,” focusing on supporting young new parents in their breastfeed ing journey during the breastfeeding week.
About Prashanth Hospitals:
Prashanth Hospitals is a multidisciplin ary hospital that provides sophisticat ed and dedi cated healthcare services by professionally trained experts. Pras hanth Super-specialty Hospital at Vela chery and Kolathur is one of the best- and well-known multi- specialty hospit als in Chennai. These facilities have we ll trained and skilled nursing staff who can take good care of the patients.
The vision is to become an internatio nally renowned medical institute by p rovidi ng excellent health care servic es to the patients, and the mission is to mainta in the trust of the patient by pr oviding good quality of health care. Th e values on which Prashanth Super-sp ecialty H ospitals function are quality of care, r espect, competence, the effec tiveness of the treatment, safety, and creating health awareness among the people. P rashanth Super- specialty Ho spitals a lso provides various health c are packa ages for check-ups and diag nosis of an y ailment and their treatme nts.
