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Six staff members pose indoors during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Milk Drop Depot location; two hold oversized scissors cutting a purple ribbon.
September 30, 2026

Vanderbilt Pediatric Associates Hopkinsville and Mothers’ Milk Bank Southeast open Milk Drop Depot in Kentucky

The processed donor milk is distributed to neonatal intensive care units and mothers in need across Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia, helping provide lifesaving nutrition for premature and medically fragile infants.

By Sandra Wooten
Two hospital staff members stand beside a refrigerator and breast-milk storage posters, including a sign reading “BREAST MILK ONLY.” The person on the right wears an identification badge labeled Jordan Gonzalez, BSN, RN.
May 6, 2026

Mothers helping mothers: Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital’s milk depot surpasses expectations in first year, fueling hope for fragile infants

As the depot enters its second year, VCH remains committed to expanding access to donor breast milk for the region’s most vulnerable newborns.

By Sandra Wooten
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a dark floral blouse.
June 30, 2025

Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville announces new NICU medical director

Diane Attardi, MD, has a long history of caring for NICU babies as a neonatologist and NICU medical director throughout the Northeast.

Yellow stylized breastfeeding symbol on a black background.
April 13, 2022

New milk bank to help feed babies in the NICU

The opening of Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee in Murfreesboro in 2021 will make providing the much needed resource easier.

By Jessica Pasley