Breastfeeding awareness campaign at hospital

For health: KPJ Ipoh Dietary Unit staff (left) showing how to cook healthy food for breastfeeding mothers.

KPJ IPOH Specialist Hospital celebrated the breastfeeding week by organising an awareness campaign at the hospital recently.

Lactation nurses from the maternity ward spent time educating mothers and mothers-to-be throughout the week on the importance, benefits, challenges and the correct and comfortable way of breastfeeding, as well as demonstration on bathing and massaging babies.