Human Milk Bank
Bengaluru’s second human milk bank to start at Gosha Hospital from next week
The first one at Vani Vilas Hospital has collected nearly 200 litres of human breast milk and supported over 1,000 babies so far
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.
The 120-bed HSIS Gosha Hospital that is attached to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute (Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College and Research Institute) is the only government maternity referral hospital for patients from east Bengaluru and Central Business District.