Expanded supply of breast milk to premature babies

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The Alvarez-Caldeyro Barcia Foundation expand its coverage of human milk nationwide. The organization, which works in the survival and development of premature infants, will open in late April the new facilities of human milk bank.

The new infrastructure, built largely thanks to the contributions of the Government of Japan and the Lions Club International, will expand the supply of breast milk to babies born nationwide soon.

Human milk ensures all enzymes and nutrients essential for the development of babies and is especially critical for those born before 37 weeks gestation, usually affected by low weight and gastrointestinal diseases.
Many of these children have not yet developed the ability to suction, allowing them to be nourished directly from their mothers, who then fail to produce enough milk to feed their children, the result of stress and nervousness that generates them the situation.
The human milk bank in the Pereira Rossell, a pioneer in Uruguay, receives an annual grant of approximately 600 lactating women who work with the Foundation program Alvarez-Caldeyro Barcia.
On site, the milk is stored, studied and pasteurized before being fed to premature infants.

According to data obtained in 2009 by the Administration of State Health Services (ASSE), about 4,500 children are born prematurely each year in Uruguay and 15% of all births in the Pereira Rossell correspond to preterm delivery.
In 2012, the bank achieved coverage to 1,143 babies. Anyway, there are some shortcomings of human resources and infrastructure.
Some of the flaws are easily fixable through donations, such as the shortage of glass containers with threaded plastic cap for milk collection, breast pumps or manual or electric refrigerators for shipment conservative.

"We work in coordination with the Pereira Rossell Hospital volunteers and all donations are welcome. Our foundation is in the Pereira Rossell Hospital, has its facilities open to all donations on a schedule of 10 am to 18 pm ", concluded Argimón, President of the Bank.

The phone for donations is 2 708 1334, from 10 to 18 hours.