Haryana Govt to set up human milk bank in State

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Haryana Health and Medical Education Minister Rao Narender Singh on Sunday assured all help of the State Government to set up a human milk bank. At present, there are 10 such milk banks, out of which five are in Mumbai. The Minister on Sunday inaugurated a meeting of the National consultative committee to formulate guidelines on human milk banking in India.

Singh also mentioned steps taken by the Government for improving health services in the State and said that the IMC team has conducted inspection of new Medical College being set up in Mewat and it is likely to start soon.

He said that State Government is setting up four new medical colleges in Haryana at a cost of about `2000 crore. Singh also released ‘Guidelines for establishment and operation of Mother Milk Bank, Udaipur’.

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