Asia's first human milk bank was established at SION hospital in Mumbai on November 27, 1989 by Dr. Armida Fernandez, the pioneer of milk banking in India. Approximately 3000 to 5000 newborns receive assistance from this milk bank annually. It takes between 800 and 1200 litres of human milk a year to nourish sick and vulnerable newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Human Milk Bank (Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre) provides assistance to new moms so they can pump milk, breastfeed their newborns, and supply extra milk to hospitalised unwell infants. There are now ten operational milk banks in India. A programme known as a "human milk bank" gathers, preserves, and distributes human breast milk following screening. Breast milk is given to sick and preterm newborns who are at risk, as well as in certain cases when mothers are unable to give their kids enough milk. Breastfeeding moms who are unrelated to the babies receiving the milk donated it. There is a screening process that mothers must go through in order to donate their excess breast milk. This includes a health examination and a questionnaire. Every breast milk donation is examined, heated to a high temperature, and then frozen to be given to infants in need.