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Houston – There is a large effort to combat the shortage of infant formula across the country. By June 19, more than 4 million bottles of milk powder are expected to arrive in the United States, including deliveries made in Fort Worth, Texas and Dulles, Virginia. Still, that’s not enough.
The current shortage of infant formula is affecting hospitals and neonatal intensive care units across the country. The latest deliveries are helping the shortage, but there is still a shortage of infant formula for babies with digestive problems.
Dr. Amy B. Hair is Program Director of Neonatal Nutrition at the Texas Children’s Hospital. She said the hospital was working to support her family during a prescription shortage. “This has been a challenge for some time. Not only for our neonatal intensive care unit, but also for our family. When they get home, finding a prescription is a big stress for them.”
Hospitals are now expanding programs that can help many families.
An eight-month-old Tennessee mother is sent to a “panic” due to a lack of infant formula: “I broke.”
The shortage began three months ago, primarily after the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] Discovered deadly bacterial contamination, Infant formula recall Closes major manufacturing plants.
Sima Ladjevardian, Regional Director of Health and Human Services Region 6, praised government efforts to procure and receive more prescriptions.
“There were 3.1 million cans from Nestlé-Gerber last week. Some formulas were special formulas,” said Ladjevardian, who said the deliveries had arrived in several states.
Kristen Tucker, head of breastfeeding services at the Texas Children’s Hospital, said the special prescription contains certain ingredients to help the baby’s medical problems, and mothers need more. Said. “There is no alternative to that formula, except for pasteurized donor milk.”
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Texas Children’s Hospital executives said this was where their North Texas Milkbank partnership was a salvation benefit. “We depended on pasteurized donor milk for immature and medically vulnerable patients,” Tucker said.
In the midst of a shortage, the hospital added a community milk donation site to allow the most medically vulnerable babies who depended on nutrition to survive to maintain nutrition. Now it is expanding the program.
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“Since its launch in March 2022, over 40,000 ounces of breast milk has been donated through the Texas Children’s Hospital site. The next step is to expand the community donation site to all campuses. Unfortunately, this Can happen again. Keep an eye out for always protecting your patients and getting the supplies you need, “Tucker said.
The Department of Health and Human Services reported that more specialized prescriptions should be available by June 20th.