Kangaroo Mother Care
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Kangaroo Mother Care: A Special Way of Caring for Low Birth Weight Infants
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a special way of caring for low birth weight (LBW) infants that was introduced in 1978 by Dr. Edgar Rey and Dr. Hector Martinez of the Institute Metrno Infantil at Bogota Colombia San Juan De Dios Hospital. Kangaroo Mother Care Procedure It involves holding the low birth weight baby close…