High school student's proposal sparks Fukui prefecture to consider installing vending machines to promote breast milk banks; Director of Health and Welfare Department "impressed by their enthusiasm" | Politics/Administration, School/Education, Medical

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High school student's proposal sparks Fukui prefecture to consider installing vending machines to promote breast milk banks; Director of Health and Welfare Department "impressed by their enthusiasm" | Politics/Administration, School/Education, Medical

At the "Fukui High School Student Prefectural Assembly" in August, students from Fukui Minami High School (Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture) proposed to Fukui Prefecture that they promote understanding of "breast milk banks," which provide breast milk to low-birth-weight babies free of charge. This was brought up during a general question session at the prefectural assembly on September 19th. Director of the Health and Welfare Department, Ikegami Ei…