One Million Lives - A Laerdal Podcast
Inspiring interviews in the advancement of helping save lives.
One Million Lives - A Laerdal Podcast
Why is Kangaroo Care Important?
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Siren Rettedal, MD
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care is a lifeline for newborns, especially for ill or premature babies. Yet it is often omitted in newborn protocol. Listen to Siren Rettedal, MD, a neonatologist Stavanger University Hospital, talk about how Kangaroo Mother Care saves lives and in one study it reduced mortality rates by 25%.