The South African Breastmilk Reserve (SABR) is running low on its supply and the festive season is said to be the busiest time for them.
“It is imperative that we come together and do our best to fill up the reserve,” explains Chifunilo Mulusa fo SABR.
“Mothers in Springs, and surrounding ares, who are breastfeeding and have enough milk to donate can visit our website www.sabr.org.za and sign up to become a donor mom.
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“Once their application has been processed we will get in touch with them.
“We do have exclusion criteria for mothers who are smoking, have tested positive for HIV, hepatitis B and tuberculosis as well as mothers who are taking medication which is on our contraindicated medication list,” she adds.
Donor breastmilk is used to feed premature babies in neonatal ICUs nationwide whose mothers are unable to breastfeed.
In some cases mothers are unable to produce breastmilk when the baby is premature or the mother may be in a critical condition, or in some cases the mother died during delivery.
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Phumza Ntuthuka from the Far East Rand Hospital has confirmed that the hospital does not have a milk bank and therefore makes use of donated milk.
The situation is similar for Life Springs Parkland Hospital.
Please visit www.sabr.org.za for more information on the importance of donor breast milk for premature babies.
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