Dehradun 7 August 2023: Sanjay Orthopedic, Spine and Maternity Center, Jakhan, Dehradun, Dr. Sujata Sanjay, Gynecologist and Obstetrician, honored by the President, organized a breastfeeding orientation webinars on World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7).
More than 150 medical, nursing students and teenage girls from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab participated in this public awareness lecture. In order to spread awareness about the importance of breastfeeding and to protect infants from malnutrition, Dr. Sujata Sanjay made aware of the importance of breastfeeding for pregnant women, mothers and nursing students under World Breastfeeding Week.
Three webinars, one seminar and two radio programs were organized by Dr. Sujata Sanjay and her hospital. Dr. Sujata told that mother’s milk is no less than nectar for the child. It is not only necessary for the all-round development of the baby, but it also benefits the mental and physical health of the mother. Mother’s milk is very important for the baby in the first hour after birth. Despite this, a lot of misconceptions are still spread among the people regarding breastfeeding. Even today there is a lack of awareness among people about the needs of breastfeeding. According to the UNICEF report, about 770 million newborns in the world or one out of every two babies do not get mother’s milk in the first hour.
This figure is very important for the infant mortality rate. Due to lack of mother’s milk for two to 23 hours, within 28 days from the birth of the child, the figure of mortality rate is 40 percent, while even after 24 hours, the death rate is due to lack of milk. This figure increases to 80 percent. The biggest reason for the death of new born babies in the country is also the non-feeding of mother’s milk. According to government statistics, 42.5 percent of children under the age of 5 in the country are malnourished and 69.5 percent are anaemic. Four out of 10 stunted children in the world are Indians. And about 1.5 million children under the age of five lose their lives every year in India.
Dr. Sujata Sanjay told the students about the importance of breastfeeding that motherhood is considered to be the completeness and meaningfulness of a woman’s life. This year’s theme is Breastfeed – Special Efforts for Working Parents. He told that breastfeeding is the right of every child. Office institutions need to be made aware about this, so that working women can breastfeed their children properly. If there is a provision of convenient breastfeeding room in every office according to the needs of working women, then the work efficiency of women employees can increase.
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Report 2020, India has 20.33 per cent working women, out of which only 40 per cent working mothers are able to exclusively breast feed their children with breastfeeding till 6 months and complementary food till 2 years. If you want your child’s health to remain good, then you should include more turmeric in your diet. Breastfeeding women are benefited by the use of turmeric. The nutrients present in turmeric can protect you from many types of infections during breastfeeding, which will not have any negative effect on the health of the baby.
Dr. Sujata Sanjay said that mother’s milk is the perfect food for your baby. Mother’s milk is easily digestible, due to which it protects the baby from stomach problems. Breastfeeding helps control asthma and ear infections because breast milk makes the skin in the baby’s nose and throat resistant. Breastfeeding reduces the risk of diseases of the abdominal and respiratory tract, blood cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure in later stages of life. She said that it is the responsibility of all of us to cooperate fully with the mother in breastfeeding the baby and in this husband, family, society, work sector all should cooperate.
