From Milk Formula to Breast-Feed Backer
As early as 2002, at least six countries have taken official action on the “urgent situation regarding contamination of powdered infant formulas by the highly virulent” bacteria, according to a summary report distributed to the media.
By Christian V. Esguerra
InquirerLast updated 02:59am (Mla time) 11/20/2006
Published on page A1 of the November 20, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE JOB was fairly easy yet lucrative for Pakistani Syed Aamar Raza.
As a medical delegate for a giant milk company, he was to promote breast milk substitutes and infant cereals, in the process showering doctors with generous gifts.
But a wake-up call came in 1997 from one doctor, a strong advocate of breast milk, who had consistently refused milk company presents and favors.
The doctor had to leave a visiting Raza at his clinic to rush to a dying baby in his hospital in Sialkot, Pakistan. The baby was suffering from diarrhea, two months after another doctor had ordered the shift from breast milk to infant formula.
“Why did this child die?” a dumbfounded Raza asked the physician he was visiting. “Because of people like you,” the doctor replied.
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By Christian V. Esguerra
InquirerLast updated 02:59am (Mla time) 11/20/2006
Published on page A1 of the November 20, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE JOB was fairly easy yet lucrative for Pakistani Syed Aamar Raza.
As a medical delegate for a giant milk company, he was to promote breast milk substitutes and infant cereals, in the process showering doctors with generous gifts.
But a wake-up call came in 1997 from one doctor, a strong advocate of breast milk, who had consistently refused milk company presents and favors.
The doctor had to leave a visiting Raza at his clinic to rush to a dying baby in his hospital in Sialkot, Pakistan. The baby was suffering from diarrhea, two months after another doctor had ordered the shift from breast milk to infant formula.
“Why did this child die?” a dumbfounded Raza asked the physician he was visiting. “Because of people like you,” the doctor replied.
Read on .... http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=33629
