World Breastfeeding Week activities begin in Coimbatore
The Hindu
Coimbatore celebrates World Breastfeeding Week with awareness activities. City Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan flagged off a rally to amplify importance of breastfeeding and its benefits. CMCH Dean A. Nirmala presided over an event and 1,100 litres of milk donated by 450 mothers benefited 1,228 newborns.
Various awareness activities have been launched as part of World Breastfeeding Week celebration in Coimbatore.
The police, in association with the Inner Wheel Club of Coimbatore and the Masonic Medical Centre for Children, organised a breastfeeding awareness rally on Tuesday. Flagged off by City Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan, the rally was aimed at amplifying the importance of breastfeeding, its benefits for mother and child, and the need to support and encourage mothers to breastfeed, said a release.
The Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) organised an event to mark the breastfeeding week. CMCH Dean A. Nirmala presided over the event.
The milk bank at CMCH received 1,100 litres of milk donated by 450 mothers this year. A total of 1,228 newborns benefited from the breast milk donated by mothers, with the support of Amirtham Breastmilk Donation.
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