Push for more Scottish milk banks for newborns

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Health bosses have been discussing whether Scotland should have its own national milk bank.

The banks collect surplus breast milk from new mums to give to premature babies whose mothers are unable to produce their own.

Although there are many milk banks in England, Scotland's only facility is based in Glasgow.

BBC Scotland's health correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports.

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