A HIGHER proportion of women who give birth at Waterford Regional Hospital, breast-feed their children than elsewhere in the country.
More than half of women, who deliver their babies at WRH initiate breast-feeding.
But overall in Ireland less than 35% of babies are breast-fed at birth. That’s according to the Health Service Executive, which is issuing information gift packs on breastfeeding to mothers who deliver babies at Waterford Regional Hospital this week The gift packs of information leaflets, pens and baby grows are being given out to new mothers at the hospital’s maternity unit as part of National Breast Feeding Week, which runs from October 3 to 10.
The hospital is also marking the week with display units at the front hall, canteen and the maternity unit and running a quiz for staff members and patients.
WRH is the first hospital in the South East and one of only two hospitals in Ireland to achieve the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative award.
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