In order to protect the lives of underweight babies, a new facility of the "Breast Milk Bank" that provides breast milk collected from donors will be opened in Tokyo with the support of The Nippon Foundation.
The "Breast Milk Bank" provides breast milk "donor milk" collected from donors at the request of medical institutions when the mother cannot breastfeed a baby born with a low weight of less than 1500 grams due to premature birth. It is a facility.
Since the breast milk bank in the hospital in Tokyo was closed due to the influence of the new corona, the only facility currently in operation is the one opened by the baby product giant "Pidgeotto", and the storage location of donor milk is an issue. It was.
Under these circumstances, an organization established with the support of the Nippon Foundation has opened a new breast milk bank in a building in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and will start full-scale operation from April.
This facility can store 5500 liters of donor milk, which is five times that of conventional facilities, and is expected to deliver stable delivery to babies in need.
Professor Katsumi Mizuno of Showa University School of Medicine, who is the representative director of the Japan Breast Milk Bank Association, said, "I am very grateful that there were cases where I had to refuse because there was no storage space for those who wished to register as a donor. I want people to know that the risk of serious illness for newborn babies can be reduced. "