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At Tamil Nadu Hospitals, Lasers, Alarms If Untagged Adults Move Babies
Chennai: Hospitals are starting to tag newborns, mothers and medics as well as installing extra security cameras and educating staff to spot baby thieves amid fears that baby trafficking is becoming an organised crime nationwide. Officials said this was part of a drive starting at government-run hospitals in Tamil Nadu to ensure nurses, doctors, an...
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To Check Child Theft in Tamil Nadu, Radio Frequency Tags for Newborns
From next month, newborn babies in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu will get hi-tech protection. The baby, mother, and the attender will get radio frequency identification tags that would raise an alarm and alert the police if the baby is taken out of the ward.
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Nurse held for baby theft in Vadodara
A nurse was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the theft of a new born baby from the Gujarat Government-run Jamnabai Hospital in Vadodara last month, police said.The nurse, who works in the hospital, had stolen the baby boy on November 12. Police are searching for another woman involved in planning of the theft, Police Commissioner Rakesh Astha...
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Radio tags to prevent baby thefts in Mumbai
Radio frequency tags for babies and biometric screening of hospital visitors are two measures being considered by private and municipal hospitals in Mumbai to prevent baby thefts. The Association of Hospitals (AOH), which represents the city's private hospitals, is contemplating attaching radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to babies to trac...
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Another baby stolen by burqa-clad thief in Mumbai
In a second incident of baby theft in a hospital in a month, a burqa-clad woman stole an infant boy from the Shivaji Nagar healthcare centre in Govandi on Monday.Two-month-old Shahid Ansari was stolen at 12.30 pm from the health centre, which is affiliated to Nair Hospital. His mother Munni Khatoon Ansari (27), had brought him in, to get his...
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Burqa-clad women will be checked at civic hospitals
On a day the Shiv Sena called for a ban on burqa, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said women visiting civic hospitals in veils will be checked. The move comes after a burqa-clad woman kidnapped a two-month-old boy from the civic-run VN Desai hospital in Santa Cruz on Friday.The BMC cited a Supreme Court (SC) order issued in January, wh...
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Sena wants more women guards to prevent baby thefts
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to double its population of women guards at hospitals in the city.There are currently 50 female guards on duty at hospitals.The BMC, which is governed by the Shiv Sena, says more women guards are required to combat the recent trend of new-borns being stolen.Last Friday, a two-month-old baby was sto...
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At Tamil Nadu Hospitals, Lasers, Alarms If Untagged Adults Move Babies
Chennai: Hospitals are starting to tag newborns, mothers and medics as well as installing extra security cameras and educating staff to spot baby thieves amid fears that baby trafficking is becoming an organised crime nationwide. Officials said this was part of a drive starting at government-run hospitals in Tamil Nadu to ensure nurses, doctors, an...
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To Check Child Theft in Tamil Nadu, Radio Frequency Tags for Newborns
From next month, newborn babies in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu will get hi-tech protection. The baby, mother, and the attender will get radio frequency identification tags that would raise an alarm and alert the police if the baby is taken out of the ward.
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Nurse held for baby theft in Vadodara
A nurse was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the theft of a new born baby from the Gujarat Government-run Jamnabai Hospital in Vadodara last month, police said.The nurse, who works in the hospital, had stolen the baby boy on November 12. Police are searching for another woman involved in planning of the theft, Police Commissioner Rakesh Astha...
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Radio tags to prevent baby thefts in Mumbai
Radio frequency tags for babies and biometric screening of hospital visitors are two measures being considered by private and municipal hospitals in Mumbai to prevent baby thefts. The Association of Hospitals (AOH), which represents the city's private hospitals, is contemplating attaching radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to babies to trac...
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Another baby stolen by burqa-clad thief in Mumbai
In a second incident of baby theft in a hospital in a month, a burqa-clad woman stole an infant boy from the Shivaji Nagar healthcare centre in Govandi on Monday.Two-month-old Shahid Ansari was stolen at 12.30 pm from the health centre, which is affiliated to Nair Hospital. His mother Munni Khatoon Ansari (27), had brought him in, to get his...
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Burqa-clad women will be checked at civic hospitals
On a day the Shiv Sena called for a ban on burqa, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said women visiting civic hospitals in veils will be checked. The move comes after a burqa-clad woman kidnapped a two-month-old boy from the civic-run VN Desai hospital in Santa Cruz on Friday.The BMC cited a Supreme Court (SC) order issued in January, wh...
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Sena wants more women guards to prevent baby thefts
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to double its population of women guards at hospitals in the city.There are currently 50 female guards on duty at hospitals.The BMC, which is governed by the Shiv Sena, says more women guards are required to combat the recent trend of new-borns being stolen.Last Friday, a two-month-old baby was sto...
