Hanoi opens first human milk bank

The National Paediatrics Hospital officially opened its Human Milk Bank on Tuesday with the support of the Health Ministry and the government of Ireland, Alive & Thrive and Newborns Vietnam.

This is the first human milk bank in Hanoi, which will provide donated breast milk for more than a thousand at-risk babies treated at the National Paediatrics Hospital, who are temporarily unable to access their own mothers’ milk.