Bengaluru: Lactating mothers coming to the rescue of infants separated from their mothers, owing to the deadly pandemic, has proven to be a boon for Covid positive mothers.

Here, a Covid positive new mother, Pragathi Badarinath, had to be hospitalized and separated from her 8-month old infant. Possibly due to the trauma of not having his mother around, the infant rejected formula. Fortunately, support arrived for this mother when many women stepped forward to donate breast milk. Several mothers in her social network, including Covid survivors, donated milk for free. This service continued till the mother returned home just before the lockdown.

“We decided on a centralized collection at one woman’s house close to Ms. Badarinath’s house. We knew every drop counted, one of the women would drop off the box at her house” said Prachi Pendurkar, founder of Snugbub, which runs a support group for mothers.