Overview

• Assam’s Medical Education and Health authorities suspended for six months five GMCH personnel, including paediatrics head Dr. Anupama Deka, associate professor Dr. Dipankar Hazarika, nurses Gomti Devi and Chandana Nath, and ICU technician Ishanjyoti Talukdar.
• Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences rusticated postgraduate trainees Dr. Hrishikesh Thakuria and Dr. Pooja Saikia for six months for grave misconduct and dereliction of duty.
• Orders reference attempts to mislead the inquiry and improper maintenance or manipulation of hospital records, with departmental investigations now underway.
• The actions follow a three‑member state committee report on the August 18 death of a four‑day‑old infant who became entangled in phototherapy equipment in the GMCH NICU.
• GMCH named Dr. Dulal Kalita as the new paediatrics head as police continue their case that earlier included the arrest of NICU sister‑in‑charge Bhanupriya Mishong, while the government signals phased NICU reforms.