Got milk? The Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio wants it. Ohio is facing a milk shortage — as in human breast milk. The nonprofit milk bank that processes donated human breast milk to distribute primarily to sick and premature babies can’t keep up with demand. When the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio started in 2005, it distributed about 5,000 ounces of pasteurized human breast milk per month to neonatal intensive care units and other medical providers. Today, roughly 22,000 ounces are being shared monthly. During one recent month, “we could have sent out 30,000 ounces if we had enough,” said registered nurse and lactation consultant Diane Bates, who coordinates the...
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