US Bank donated to support the Family BirthPlace and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit families. Funding will allow Saint Francis to purchase nearly 80 vests to provide underprivileged mothers of fullterm and critically ill premature babies kangaroo care, often referred to as kangaroo mother care of skin-to-skin holding. The vest will allow parents to hold their infant directly skin-against-skin on their chest with the infant vest in only a diaper and a hat.
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