Overview

• Bhanupriya Mishong, sister-in-charge of GMCH’s NICU, was detained and formally arrested after DVR review, booked under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and remanded to three days’ police custody.
• The infant’s father, Utpol Bordoloi, filed the FIR and later demanded interrogation of duty doctor Rishikesh Thakuria, whom the mother also named in the complaint.
• Hundreds of nurses demonstrated outside Bhangagarh Police Station, alleging scapegoating and citing overcrowding and staffing gaps, including claims that one nurse managed about 35 newborns against a sanctioned 26.
• Protesting nurses submitted a memorandum flagging lack of control over admissions, reports of multiple babies sharing a warmer, and questions about standards despite recent MusQan certification.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rejected calls to transfer the GMCH principal, said he is waiting for findings from a three-member panel expected within days, and disputed claims of staff shortages while acknowledging negligence in the case.