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Penticton, B.C. health care teams receive international recognition

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On Friday, local officials were presented with the official designation at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Interior Health shared an announcement on Friday that Penticton Regional Hospital and Penticton Health Centre have been awarded the national and global designation for the Baby-Friendly Initiative.Two south Okanagan health care teams have received international recognition for their care and support of new parents and their babies.

The BFI supports 10 steps to successful breastfeeding, with one of the key practices being immediate and continuous skin-to-skin contact between parent and baby.“The goal of the BFI is to make breastfeeding and chestfeeding easier for families by helping them get off to the best start possible, and supporting them for as long as they need,” said Penticton’s BFI lead Meggie Ross in the press release.

“Once my time with midwives were over I needed to reach out to Tiffany who I knew was a lactation consultant and she was able to come and support me in my home to continue to breast feed my kids which was important to me,” said Robataille.

 

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