HOLGUIN, Cuba, Apr 17 (ACN) The 8 de Marzo Maternal Home, second largest in capacity in Cuba, is promoting breastfeeding through educational activities, as part of the responsible maternal and paternal programs prioritized by the island's health system.
The institution, with a capacity of 160 beds, offers services of comprehensive attention to pregnant women with diabetes, hypertension, problems with uterine growth and nutrition disorders among other pathologies that jeopardize the development of the pregnancy.
The Director of the institution, Maria Jardines, told ACN that the educational actions that favors health, regarding breastfeeding and the baby's development offers the mother and family an adequate perspective on other issues.
She pointed out that the conferences, educational exchanges, distribution of posters and stickers reaffirm the importance of maternal milk and its nutritional values during the first six months of the baby's life, constituting a priority within the Maternal-Infant Program.
Jardines added that the materials also show the correct position when breastfeeding and physical exercises which contribute in guaranteeing the good health of the mother and baby.
The specialist highlighted that the initiatives also includes the promotion in the benefits of folic acid and Mufer, complementary elements to the nutrition of women in fertile age.
Reyna Gonzalez, 30 weeks pregnant and a member of the maternal home due to diabetes pointed out that thanks to the exchanges she has been able to understand the importance of the issues and is better prepared for the birth of her child.
The 8 de Marzo Maternal Home has taken in patients in the last year from the 14 municipalities in the eastern region, after the reorganization of the health sector which has turned the institution as a reference center, surpassed in capacity only by one similar in the central province of Villa Clara.
The institution, based in the former Natural and Traditional Medicine Hospital located in the city of Holguin has clinical specialists, dentists, genetics and a permanent ambulance service which facilitate the transfer to the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital in case of emergencies.
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