In recent years, respiratory diseases have caused hospitals and primary care centers to collapse due to the admission of infants, minors and elderly people with serious clinical conditions to the different Emergency units. Faced with these emergencies, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) had to reinforce its health measures with strong vaccination campaigns throughout Chile, especially against COVID-19 and influenza.
Another strategy that is currently being applied in the country is Prevention and Education. That is why the San José de Casablanca Hospital (HSJC) reinforced its training sessions aimed at its officials to remain prepared for any crisis that may arise during this winter season.
Today the HSJC Breastfeeding Committee held an instructional workshop for its health personnel in order to learn about the benefits of breastfeeding in boys and girls, and also during adulthood.
Its manager, Carolina González, a nutritionist at San José, explained that “we carry out this activity every year, which is to train the breastfeeding professionals of our hospital, in general all of our staff involved in regards to the life cycle. , from childhood to schooling.”
Adult population
He maintained that “every year we try to train as many professionals as possible, whether it is related to the children’s field, or those who serve the adult population, because in the end we are all entities that are going to help in the process of lactation”.
“The objective is that we can investigate anywhere, at any time and in any situation in our hospital, an alert situation so that we can contribute to breastfeeding,” he commented.
Meanwhile, Claudia Novoa, nutritionist from the Health Directorate of the Municipal Corporation of Valparaíso, who was one of the speakers of this day, stated that “breastfeeding provides a significant strengthening of the immune system of boys, girls and infants, since “Breastfed, they will be in better conditions to face respiratory diseases, and they will also have this immunity that will last a lifetime.”
For the professional, breastfeeding “is transcendental, especially in winter, which is why it is necessary that we make every effort in this case, on the part of the health teams, and also the community as a whole, in order to be able to support to families who are breastfeeding; or those who want to resume breastfeeding or increase the amount they are giving to their children.”
