Breast milk bank aids ailing newborns (Macleans)

For Frances Jones, the question "Got milk?" is more than a marketing slogan. As director of the only human milk bank in Canada, Jones distributes donated breast milk to babies for whom formula is not appropriate.

"We get babies with gut surgeries, kidney problems, cardiac surgeries. And in all cases we're supplying in situations where the biological mother -- for whatever reason -- isn't able to meet the baby's needs," Jones says. "We also get requests for babies with severe allergies who aren't tolerating anything else."

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