Mother's Milk

"The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of god Is the heart of a mother"


Realising the significance of a mother's milk for an infant, a Hospital in Mumbai has set up a "Breast Milk Bank". It provides the much-needed alternative to many women who are not in a position to lactate, or to secrete milk.

Due to various physical conditions or circumstances a mother may not be able to provide her child with the all-important nutrient resulting in the baby's under development and ill health. Considering such desperate situations, the neo-natology department of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in Mumbai started this Milk bank.

Established in 1989, the Mother's Milk Centre was deveoped with the basic idea of providing human milk to babies so as to ensure their healthy development through the early stages.Recipients at the bank usually include premature babies, abandoned babies and babies admitted at the hospitals with various ailments, including babies whose mothers are unwell and unable to feed them.

At least 25 babies receive breast milk from the bank everyday.