Archive · 21 Aug 2025
Experts: GMCH Violated Protocols in Newborn's Death
Doctors say that the hospital made mistakes when a baby died.
The hospital should have followed the rules, like putting each baby in its own bed.
The experts are saying that the hospital had too many babies in one space.
Also, they said that the hospital did not have enough nurses to care for them.
They believe that these problems caused the baby to die.
The doctors think that the hospital needs to fix its problems to prevent such accidents in the future.
Experts say the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) violated protocol by keeping multiple babies in one cot.
Child specialists state that one baby per cot and adequate nursing staff are essential in the NICU.
A former head of GMCH's Paediatrics Department says multiple babies in one cot defeats the purpose of NICU care.
Experts suggest overcrowding and system-wide issues contribute to such incidents.
Blaming nurses and doctors without addressing systemic problems is seen as incorrect.
- Who
- Child specialists, Dr. JN Sarma, and Dr. Partha Pratim Bora.
- What
- Experts are saying that GMCH violated protocol.
- When
- Not explicitly mentioned in the articles.
- Where
- Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Guwahati, India, in the NICU.
- Why
- Experts say that the overcrowding and not following protocol could be the cause of the death of a newborn.
Hospital/Administration
Experts
Blame
Hospital/Administration
Systemic problems
Experts
Focus on individual accountability.
- Hospital
- Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)
- Location
- Guwahati, India
- Department
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Protocol
- One baby per cot
- Specialist
- Child specialists
Sources
Guwahati hospital staff held for extortion amid outcry over newborn’s death - Telegraph India
GMCH infant death: Nurse arrested, family cries ‘scapegoat’, colleagues flag work load
Nurse arrested in Guwahati for death of newborn who fell from phototherapy bed
