Donate Breast Milk, Save Babies

Your excess breast milk can save a baby’s life

Breast Milk Bank At Arpan Violet

A not-for-profit initiative to ensure that sick preterm babies get the ideal nutrition from human breast milk instead of formula feeds at Arpan.

For a baby, mother’s milk is the best source of nutrition while growing up. In case of premature babies, oftentimes, mother’s milk is not available in as much volume as required. In such cases, formula feeds are the only alternatives for the babies which are not ideal for them.

Ahmedabad’s first Breast Milk Bank by Arpan Newborn Care Centre has taken the initiative to provide sick neonatal babies the best nutrition in the form of donor human breast milk.

The Breast Milk Bank at “Arpan Violet” is an expertly set up facility where mothers with excess breast milk can voluntarily express and donate. it will be given to sick babies after fulfilling the standard process.

The Process

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Selecting
Donor mothers are carefully screened for health behaviours and communicable diseases
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Collecting
They donate their breast milk at specially designed milk bank feeding room with assistance or Arpan milk bank team collects the milk from mother’s residence.
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Checking
The milk is pasteurised and screened
for infections
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Processing
It is then processed for storage
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Storing
We store the milk under optimum temperature
in deep freezer
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Distributing
If required, stored milk is used for babies,
after parents written concent.

Dedicated Breast Milk Bank

Your breast milk can do wonders for the babies

  • Breast milk coats their digestive system and nurtures the intestinal tract
  • It is easy to absorb, thereby reducing the risk of colic, constipation, and diarrhea
  • It contains antibodies which protect the baby from infections
  • It protects the babies from allergies like eczema and asthma
  • The combination of these factors protects babies from problems such as VPI, sepsis, obesity, diabetes, and food allergies
  • Overall decrease in the length of hospital stay
  • Reduction in colonization by pathogenic organisms
  • Improved neuro developmental outcomes in preterm babies
  • Minimal cost for optimum growth and development of the baby