Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 30: Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved Rs 47.20 lakh for establishment of Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre (CLMC) at MCH Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
The first of its kind Milk Bank (Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre) in J&K will be established on 3rd floor of the Maternity Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, which is already running State of the Art 150-bedded NICU and taking load of SMGS Hospital as well as periphery hospitals to manage all sick neonates and gynae & obstetrics patients. The Hospital is also providing OPD and OT services for pregnant women.
While Rs 16.61 lakh have been sanctioned by the Government for infrastructure of the CLMC, Rs 30.59 lakh has been sanctioned for procurement of equipments for the Centre. The project has been sanctioned with the continuous efforts of Dr Ashutosh Gupta, Principal and Dean, GMC Jammu and Dr Ghanshyam Saini (HoD Paediatrics) under over all supervision of Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah (Administrative Secretary), who is also chairman of NHM J&K.
Pertinently, milk banks serve a vital function by providing human milk for premature infants who, for a variety of reasons, would otherwise not have access to human milk. As human milk confers major protective effects to premature infants, the availability of human milk is an important quality of care issue.
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