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(YAHOO NEWS) – Kent Hospital’s Women’s Care Center has started the first pasteurized donor human milk program in Rhode Island, a service that "supports breastfeeding families by allowing them the option of providing their infant with pasteurized donor human milk, if supplementation is needed, as a bridge until a mother’s own milk is available," according to the hospital.
In announcing the program, Women's Care Center interim director Kristine Rimbos said "we are thrilled to offer donor milk as a safe, evidence-based alternative that supports our breastfeeding families. The nursing and medical team at Kent is committed to supporting feeding choices and ensuring high quality outcomes. This program is a win-win for our community and the patients that we serve.”
The milk is provided by the Newton, Massachusetts-based Mother’s Milk Bank Northeast, which describes itself on its website as "the premier regional milk bank in the Northeastern United States," one that "employs a professional staff that provides reliable, trusted service to hospitals; compassionate, efficient support to recipient families; and friendly, expert screening to milk donors."
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