Declares May 17, 2025, as Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day in South Carolina.

This bill declares May 17, 2025, as Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day in South Carolina. It encourages citizens to educate themselves about necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease affecting premature and term infants, and to support families affected by it. The resolution highlights the high costs and complications associated with NEC, including significant healthcare expenditures and lifelong neurological and nutritional issues for survivors.

Declares May 17, 2025, as Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day in South Carolina.

This bill declares May 17, 2025, as Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day in South Carolina. It encourages citizens to educate themselves about necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease affecting premature and term infants, and to support families affected by it. The resolution highlights the high costs and complications associated with NEC, including significant healthcare expenditures and lifelong neurological and nutritional issues for survivors.