Doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have successfully treated a newborn weighing 2 kilogram with left sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) after he was brought to the hospital in a critical condition recently.
District primary health center at ward 14 within Hooghly-Chinsurah municipal area received national quality certification from National Health Mission through external assessment carried by national quality assurance standards (NQAS) certification.
In an extremely rare case, doctors here saved a newborn with a rare and life-threatening defect in oesophagus and trachea.
According to police sources, the chargesheet was filed at the Karkarduma court on Monday.
Two accused - owner Naveen Khichi and doctor on duty at the time of the incident Akash - were produced before the court on Monday, which sent them to the Delhi Police's custodial remand till May 30.
The condition, known as sacrococcygeal teratoma in medical terminology, could prove life-threatening for the baby requiring immediate surgery for the removal of the tumor.
Despite government initiatives to protect the girl child, the newborn daughters are still left to bear the brunt of utter negligence even by their mothers, which was evident at East Burdwan and Bankura in the last three days.
The state health department closed down a nursing home in Habra in North 24-Parganas after the death of four newborn babies in November.
The state health minister ordered the suspension of three women nurses and a doctor, who refused to treat the woman in labour pain, on charges of negligence.
Officials of Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital at Berhampore today admitted that a complaint of baby swap has been lodged.
