Provincial General Hospital achieved the title of "Excellent Breastfeeding Practice Hospital"

This afternoon, January 17, the Department of Health in collaboration with Alive & Thrive - Family Health International (FHI360) in Vietnam organized a ceremony to award the title "Excellent Breastfeeding Practice Hospital" to the Provincial General Hospital.

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Deputy Director of the Department of Health, Specialist II Doctor Ha Lam Chi awarded the title "Excellent Breastfeeding Practice Hospital" to the Provincial General Hospital - Photo: KS

After 2 years of support from the Alive & Thrive Project, the Provincial General Hospital has effectively implemented the practice of breastfeeding. Accordingly, it has excellently achieved the following targets: 80% of normal births, 50% of cesarean births have skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding; 95% of normal births do not separate mother and child; 80% of cases receive breastfeeding counseling support; 90% of cases of children are exclusively breastfed while in the hospital; there are no cases of formula feeding; 100% of staff in the obstetrics department have certificates of breastfeeding practice...

To achieve that result, the hospital organized each medical staff to be a communications officer; used leaflets, pictures, and posters for on-site propaganda; integrated communications for family members in weekly patient council meetings in the obstetrics department; turned on the TV to continuously broadcast media images for family members; established a "breastfeeding support" group...

For the hospital room, there is 1 kangaroo room with 4 specialized beds, complete with charts and documents regulating the assessment of the breastfeeding environment, and full equipment to support, preserve, and express milk when the baby is not yet breastfed.

During the time the baby is in neonatal intensive care, the mother is always encouraged to visit the baby, and is advised on how to express milk and exclusively breastfeed. Through good breastfeeding practices, the baby responds well to treatment; stabilizes body temperature, breathing rate, digestive symptoms; increases mother-child affection; and reduces treatment costs.

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Delegates took souvenir photos at the location where the title "Excellent Breastfeeding Practice Hospital" of the Provincial General Hospital was awarded - Photo: KS

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, Specialist II Doctor Ha Lam Chi requested the Provincial General Hospital to continue to maintain the targets on breastfeeding and develop a plan to establish a satellite breast milk bank; creating a major turning point in maternal and child health care, nutritional care in the first 1,000 days of life. District health centers can learn from the implementation process and achieve the title of the Provincial General Hospital to have a plan to strive to achieve the targets of the Ministry of Health on hospitals for breastfeeding.

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