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Alarms, flashing lights before fire: CCTV puts Amravati hospital response under lens

September 30, 2026 6:11 pm

An inquiry conducted after the fire found several lapses in the Amravati hospital’s fire-safety preparedness.

Massive fire at Amravati hospital kills 3 newborns; fire-safety measures under scanner

August 24, 2026 3:02 pm

Three newborns were killed after a fire broke out at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, officials said.

Newborn dies after warmer catches fire at Madhya Pradesh hospital, 2 other infants injured

August 23, 2026 5:00 am

While the hospital authorities had shifted all three infants to Jabalpur Medical College for specialised treatment, one of them died later.

From a 25-year-old farmer to a botany professor: How Gujarat’s mothers have saved 37,000 premature babies

May 20, 2026 4:29 am

May 19 is World Human Milk Donation Day. A look at how state-owned human milk banks have helped 48,983 women donate 14,966 litres of breastmilk to thousands of babies in the past 18 years

Harssh Limbachiyaa says younger son was in NICU for two days; why newborns need critical care

May 15, 2026 4:58 pm

NICU or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a medical support system meant to help vulnerable newborns during a critical period

NICU team at BJMC and Sassoon Hospital identify first genetic link to Transient Neonatal Diabetes

January 22, 2026 8:22 pm

Breakthrough in neonatal diabetes research.

Newborn rescued from Jhansi hospital that caught fire dies

November 18, 2024 9:03 am

Attributing the death to an illness, the district administration, however, claimed that the baby was not injured in the fire.

Jhansi NICU where 10 newborns died was operating beyond capacity, new one was expected to open soon

November 17, 2024 7:31 am

While it can accommodate only 18 babies, at the time of the Friday night fire that claimed the lives of 10 newborns, the NICU had 49 inside.

Simple tips to take care of the nutritional needs of preterm babies

November 18, 2022 4:09 pm

Preterm birth is a nutritional emergency; these babies have high nutritional demand. But, despite medical advances in NICU care, it is quite challenging to achieve weight gain in these babies, said a doctor

Do you have a baby in the NICU? Here are some guidelines for parents

December 16, 2021 6:50 pm

"NICU is like an artificial womb where hardly any visitors are allowed as it will lead to infection", said Dr. Parimala V Thirumalesh

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