What Provoked the Thought?

In the history of Mewar, it has a been a tradition that foster mothers nurtured and brought up young children and Panna Dhai is one such brave lady who had sacrificed her son to save the next heir of the state who grew up to become Maharana Udai Singh of Mewar who founded Udaipur city. This is legacy & great tradition of the state is being taken ahead through the great effort of Divya Mother Milk Bank (DMMB)

In the year 2005, Maa Bhagwati Sansthan was started with the intention of healing people through Yog. The aim and mission was to harmonize Mind, Body and Soul through Yog. In 2006, the female foeticide cases registered were maximum in Udaipur, Rajasthan. This is was overwhelming for our Yog Guru Shri Devendra Agarwal and inspired him to create an abode named “Mahesh Aashram” operating under “Maa Bhagwati Vikas Santhan”. He has taken up this cause to expunge the shame of female foeticide from the face of Udaipur as he has a strong faith that the ultimate power of the universe is the light of life. Mahesh Aashram takes in infants under its roof, gives them due share of care, love & respect placing them back in main stream of society.  A thought bothered Guruji that he provided love and care but his children were being deprived of the most important nutrient for their growth .i.e Mothers’ Milk. In this regard, he spoke to Doctors and was shocked to discover that not just his children but infants all over India were deprived of Mother’s Milk. Through research work, it has been found that one fourth infants can be saved if they are given Mother’s Milk. This inspired an idea that if a Bank could be made to facilitate infants of Mother’s Milk so many lives could be saved. This intend was outlined into Divya Mother Milk Bank.

Our country idolizes and worships women as the Creator of life and also as the Nurturer when she provides her milk to her infant. Mother’s first milk or the Colostrum is like the infant’s first vaccine, as it consists of antibodies and white blood cells. In other words, Mothers Milk Bank is the most adequate form of nutrition to the infant. Infants must be exclusively breastfed for the first Six months. For a mother who is unable to supply her breast milk to meet her child’s nutritional needs, donated Mother’s Milk is the next best option. 

If not now then when?

With India's Infant Mortality Rate at 46 per thousand, which is worse than the neighboring countries, we Mother's Milk Bank are not initiated now then the situation will get even worse. 

Every 2nd Child in India is malnourished and in every 15 Seconds 1 child dies in India. If these figures aren't disastrous then what will be? 

DMMB has taken this small step of saving million of young especially those children who are admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)  and infants battling life death. 

Divya Mother Milk Bank was inaugurated by Hon’able Health Minister of Rajasthan Sh. ShriAimaduddin Ahmad Khan on 14 April 2013. The bank is now functional and open to the public.

DMMB is infrastructure wise and operationally of International standards. We follow the guidelines of Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA).   It is North India’s first Milk Bank and India’s 10^th. The State Government gave its approval on 27^th June 2012 for its establishments in MB Hospitals (Panna Dhai Hospital).