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    From Leh to Delhi: Mom’s milk for her baby from 1,000km away

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    From Leh to Delhi: Mom’s milk for her baby from 1,000km away

    Updated on 6 September 2022

    Every day for the previous three weeks, 31-year-previous Jikmet Wangdu has been going to IGI Airport to gather an ice field that reaches him from Leh in Ladakh. The field making the 1,000-km journey every day accommodates breast milk despatched by his spouse for their 35-day-previous son, who’s present process therapy at Max Super Specialty Hospital in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh.

    Soon after his start on June 16, the mom, Dorjey Palmo, 30, seen her son was unable to suckle. When the physician in Leh consulted paediatric consultants in Delhi, they found that the baby’s oesophagus and trachea, or the windpipe and the meals channel, have been related and required speedy surgical procedure.

    Airlines permits free transport of milk for baby from Leh to Delhi
    The baby’s uncle flew him to Delhi on June 18, whereas Wangdu, a trainer in Mysuru, Karnataka, additionally reached town.
    The surgical procedure to separate the 2 important pipelines was carried out on June 19. As the baby recuperated, the household made preparations by way of acquaintances travelling from Leh to Delhi to ship six 60ml bottles of milk to Wangdu for the toddler. Recognising the necessity to have the milk delivered on daily basis, the airways stepped in just a few days later to transport the baby’s meals for free.
    Explaining the necessity for the expressed milk, the daddy stated, “The powder milk we fed the baby proved insufficient for the child. So the doctors advised us to try and give him his mother’s milk. This was a big challenge, but I am lucky to have some friends working at Ladakh airport, who assisted us in transporting the milk.”
    Dr Harshwardhan, principal guide (paediatrics) at Max, revealed, “The feeds come in a specific container made of thermocol and rexine. Once the baby has taken his mother’s milk, the empty bottles are flown back to Leh, where the mother refills them and sends them back to us.”
    The excellent news is that Wangdu and his son will probably be heading house in a pair of days. The toddler has responded nicely to therapy, and docs have additionally begun to give him oral feeds. “My son is recovering and getting stronger and I am grateful to the hospital for taking such great care,” stated Wangdu.
    Dr Harshwardhan stated the boy was met by the hospital group on the airport when his uncle flew him to Delhi. “The baby was diagnosed with tracheoesophageal fistula with oesophageal atresia. This is not uncommon and an infant needs diagnosis and surgical intervention within 48 hours of birth.” He added that the boy’s well being had improved sufficient for him now to return house. “He is a very chirpy child and often interacts with the nurses,” the physician smiled.

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    Loveleen Gupta

    A working mother with more than two decades of experience in writing for the publishing industry and digital space, Loveleen Gupta loves dabbling in creative writing also. A graduate from Miranda House, she uses her personal experiences to express herself.

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