Hospital celebrates World Breastfeeding Week
United Doctors Hospital celebrated World Breastfeeding Week on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Ben Abboud Hall of the hospital in the presence of :
Dr. Eman Elfeky, Breastfeeding Program Coordinator and Coordinator of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)
Dr. Manal Khorshid, Family Medicine Consultant at the Ministry of Health and International Breastfeeding Consultant
Dr. Fatima Al-Nimer, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the hospital
Dr. Al-Shaimaa Abdul Aleem, the hospital’s dental specialist
Dr. Rasha Massad, the hospital’s therapeutic nutritionist
Women were invited and mothers who have completed six months of exclusive breastfeeding were honored.
Dr. Eman Elfeki also gave a lecture titled The First Thousand Days of Life
Dr. Manal Khorshid lectures on the value of breastfeeding
Dr. Rasha Massad on healthy nutrition for breastfeeding women
Dr. Fatima Al-Nimer lectures on safe contraception while breastfeeding
Dr. Shaimaa Abdel Aleem then gave a lecture on natural feeding and tooth decay
As part of the celebration, the teams competing for the best breastfeeding drawing were honored, and the nursery group won, followed by the nursing medical education group and the delivery room group.
They also distributed symbolic gifts to the attendees and participants
