A hospital is accepting donations of breast milk to help premature babies.
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital is accepting the donations from new mothers who have returned home after childbirth.
All donated milk will be tested for bacteria, pasteurised and then retested before being placed in cold storage. It will be used by mothers who are unable to breastfeed, providing vital nutrition to sick and premature babies.
The donor mothers must be non-smokers, drug free and will have blood tests before their milk is accepted.
Sister Karen Read of the hospital said: "Breast milk can be stored in the freezer for up to three months, so we are encouraging women who produce more milk than their own baby needs to donate it because it is a valuable source of nutrients and protection against infection for babies."
The milk bank also provides supplies to the Princess Anne maternity hospital in Southampton.
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital is accepting the donations from new mothers who have returned home after childbirth.
All donated milk will be tested for bacteria, pasteurised and then retested before being placed in cold storage. It will be used by mothers who are unable to breastfeed, providing vital nutrition to sick and premature babies.
The donor mothers must be non-smokers, drug free and will have blood tests before their milk is accepted.
Sister Karen Read of the hospital said: "Breast milk can be stored in the freezer for up to three months, so we are encouraging women who produce more milk than their own baby needs to donate it because it is a valuable source of nutrients and protection against infection for babies."
The milk bank also provides supplies to the Princess Anne maternity hospital in Southampton.
