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There was nothing that caused Catalina Vega more excitement than the soon arrival of her first child. She and her husband Ruben were preparing to receive the little one and fulfill their great desire to be parents. At 33 weeks into a high-risk pregnancy due to lupus, Alejandro was born ahead of schedule. A day later, due to complications, Catalina died. The little boy barely weighed 1,430 grams and the family's immediate need was to feed him breast milk as his mother would have wanted. Almost five months have passed since March 28 and, as if an angel from heaven kept watch, Alejandro grows full of life and love. The story of Catalina and her family motivated a group of women to create an organization that bears her name: Fundación Banco de Humana Catalina Vega. Before that they only had a Facebook site where they shared advice and information on selling items for newborns.
With Alejandro's father and his grandmother, Elizabeth Arias, the group organizes to bring breast milk to the little one and he has not missed it since that day. “The child America Mobile Number List was hospitalized for the first 20 days, there he received milk from the San Ramón Blood Bank, but the problem was when he left the hospital. The group is starting to call us to donate milk. And that's how it started: between the father and I, with the support of friends and family, we collect the milk at their house... or they bring it," explains Elizabeth Arias, Catalina's mother. In Costa Rica there is only one Milk Bank located in the San Ramón Hospital in Alajuela, a province adjacent to the capital, San José, which complicates access for children from other areas of the country, especially for those who are at risk. . To donate, tests are done to verify the woman's health and the milk must be kept in appropriate conditions so that it is not contaminated.
In addition to promoting the opening of other banks, the foundation seeks to increase the number of women donors, says Melissa , one of the group's founders. “We decided to provide support and now we want that possibility to be available to women who for different reasons cannot give breast milk to their children; We want there to be different places in Costa Rica with the conditions to donate,” explains . Last August 7, World Breastfeeding Day, the organization delivered two breast pumps to the Women's Hospital and, according to the foundation, they hope that it will soon become a center where women can donate. In principle, the milk would be sent to San Ramón, although the idea is that in a short time it will become the second hospital with a breast milk bank in the country. According to what the Costa Rican Social Security Fund - to which both public hospitals belong - told CNN, the idea is to enable a third Milk Bank in Heredia, another province bordering the capital.
With Alejandro's father and his grandmother, Elizabeth Arias, the group organizes to bring breast milk to the little one and he has not missed it since that day. “The child America Mobile Number List was hospitalized for the first 20 days, there he received milk from the San Ramón Blood Bank, but the problem was when he left the hospital. The group is starting to call us to donate milk. And that's how it started: between the father and I, with the support of friends and family, we collect the milk at their house... or they bring it," explains Elizabeth Arias, Catalina's mother. In Costa Rica there is only one Milk Bank located in the San Ramón Hospital in Alajuela, a province adjacent to the capital, San José, which complicates access for children from other areas of the country, especially for those who are at risk. . To donate, tests are done to verify the woman's health and the milk must be kept in appropriate conditions so that it is not contaminated.
In addition to promoting the opening of other banks, the foundation seeks to increase the number of women donors, says Melissa , one of the group's founders. “We decided to provide support and now we want that possibility to be available to women who for different reasons cannot give breast milk to their children; We want there to be different places in Costa Rica with the conditions to donate,” explains . Last August 7, World Breastfeeding Day, the organization delivered two breast pumps to the Women's Hospital and, according to the foundation, they hope that it will soon become a center where women can donate. In principle, the milk would be sent to San Ramón, although the idea is that in a short time it will become the second hospital with a breast milk bank in the country. According to what the Costa Rican Social Security Fund - to which both public hospitals belong - told CNN, the idea is to enable a third Milk Bank in Heredia, another province bordering the capital.