KENT HOSPITAL recently earned its Baby-Friendly USA Re-Designation Award. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM
WARWICK – Kent County Memorial Hospital was recently redesignated as a Baby-Friendly Birth Facility by Baby-Friendly USA Inc. The distinction is awarded to facilities that offer breastfeeding education before, during and after childbirth, and promote policies such as skin-to-skin bonding with mother and baby immediately after childbirth, as well as keeping mothers and newborns in…