Savitha was still recovering from a stressful premature delivery, when her doctors informed her that she wasn’t producing enough milk for her baby. “After the birth, I still had instances of heavy bleeding and clotting disorders for which I needed constant treatment. My body was exhausted. My baby, who was in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) needed more milk than whatever little I was producing. I had no idea of what more I could do.” But Savitha’s doctors at Fortis La Femme did. Their solution? A breast milk bank. Breast milk banks aren’t a new phenomenon in India, but…
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