Milk bank at Sion Hospital attains international level

The Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre (CLMC) at Mumbai based Sion Hospital, also known to be Asia’s first milk bank, has received a massive makeover. From bigger storage units to better pasteurization equipment, the milk bank now boasts of international standards.

 

The makeover was carried out by Philips India in collaboration with PATH, a non-profit organisation. It involved revamping the centre’s entire infrastructure, setting up bigger storage units, new machines, and a new deep freezer. Earlier, the centre used to heat and cool the milk separately during testing, now a new machine does the whole process, thus saving time.

 

Of the 12,000 deliveries that take place in Sion Hospital every year, nearly 3000 babies require milk from the bank. Philips India and PATH are now collaborating to set up four more CLMCs across India.