Breast Milk Donation, "Gold" for Saving the Lives of Premature Babies

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Thousands of women give their milk each year, thus saving premature babies whose fragile body does not support any other food. Nancy's maternity home is one of the most important

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It's a "small factory" within the maternity ward of the Nancy University Hospital, observes Valérie Ratajczak, head of the department: behind the doors of the milk bank, dozens of bottles, filled with milk recently collected from anonymous donors, are lined up in freezers. Donating milk requires time, organization, and some logistical constraints, but "it's not a big deal compared to what it can do" for the babies who will benefit, who are "the …