Sharing nature’s best gift with premature and sick babies.
Breast milk is the best food for babies as it provides optimal nutrition, reduces the risk of illnesses and promotes normal growth and better long-term development. It is life -saving for premature and sick babies who have an immature digestive system. It also offers protection from infections and reduces feeding intolerance for infants with medical conditions.
The KK Human Milk Bank is Singapore’s first and only human milk bank. Its aim is to provide safe, pasteurised donated human milk to premature, sick, and vulnerable infants with insufficient mother’s own milk.
Human milk donated by nursing mothers, who are not biologically related to the recipient baby, is screened, processed and dispensed by prescription in accordance with the international guidelines and protocols adapted from the UK National Institute of Health Care (NICE) and the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA).
You can be a donor if your baby is less than one-year-old and you:
The KK Human Milk Bank has established the world’s first donor human milk freezer locker to facilitate a 24/7 drop-off and pick-up for registered donors and recipients.
The system is located at the basement lobby of KKH's Women's Tower, and is:
It has 12-compartments and each stores up to 20 litres of donor human milk, and has a continuous temperature monitoring feature to ensure quality.
FAQs for Donor, click here.
FAQs for Recipients, click here.
If you are interested to be a donor, contact us at:
Tel: 6394 1986 Email: milkbank@kkh.com.sgWebsite: www.kkh.com.sg
KK Human Milk Bank Level 2, Women’s Tower KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 100 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 229899
Operating hours:8.30am to 5.00pm (Closed for lunch from 1.00pm to 2.00pm)Monday to Friday (Closed on Public Holidays)
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