BC Breast milk supply low for second time in 8 months
Global News
Reserves of breast milk at BC Women's Provincial Milk Bank are running low again and the bank's coordinator says more donations need to double to meet demand.
BC Women’s Hospital’s milk bank reserves are running low again.
The Provincial Milk Bank provides live-saving donations to B.C. infants, many of whom are premature.
Last year, the milk bank supplied approximately 130,000 ounces to feed nearly 4,500 children.
Now, there’s only a few weeks of supply left, according to Frances Jones, the milk bank’s coordinator.
“Right now, demand is very high, so we have about three weeks’ worth in our freezers,” Jones told Global News.
Jones adds, breast milk is critical for premature babies due to their underdeveloped digestive systems.
“A particular disease called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). It’s a disease of the bowel. So, premature infants have immature guts, which poses higher risk, and if they’re not on human milk, it increases the risk significantly.”
The provincial milk bank supplies 19 hospitals across the province, including all 14 Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).
The agency says more than 22,000 people have been removed from the country in the last 12 months, and nearly 30,000 removals were "in progress" as of Oct. 31.
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