CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first Human Milk Bank was established in 1989 at Sion Hospital. Nearly 3000 to 5000 babies benefit from the services of this milk bank every year. Nearly 800 to 1200 liters of human milk each year is received and feed to sick and vulnerable babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Odisha gets first human milk bank – ThePrint – PTI Feed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first human milk bank in India was established in 1989, in Lokmanya Tilak municipal medical college and general hospital in Mumbai. Although initial growth was slow, 22 human milk banks were subsequently established between 2005 and 2015. As of 2021, there are over 90 human milk banks in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -A human milk bank is a centre to collect, screen, test, and store donor milk collected from healthy lactating mothers. The primary objective of a human milk bank is to make sure that every baby receives human milk as early as possible, especially those who are born weak.