Assam Woman Offers To Breastfeed Newborns Who Lose Their Mother To Covid

Ronita Krishna Sharma Rekhi, a Mumbai-based celebrity and production manager, back in Guwahati, her hometown, has urged other lactating mothers to join the cause.

A mother of a two-month-old girl in Guwahati has volunteered to breastfeed newborns in the city who have lost their mothers to coronavirus or those who can't feed the child as they are in isolation due to the disease. Ronita Krishna Sharma Rekhi, a Mumbai-based celebrity and production manager, back in Guwahati, her hometown, has also urged other lactating mothers to join the cause. In the devastating second wave of infections, Assam has lost over 872 lives in this month alone, of which 296 were in Guwahati. "Only for Guwahati as I live here. If any new born needs breast milk I'm here to help," Ms Rekhi tweeted on May 4.