Baby girl received in Ammathottil

A baby girl was admitted to the Ammathottil electronic cradle in Kerala on Tuesday, marking the 1,000th infant to be received since the cradle's inception on November 14, 2002. The five-day-old girl, weighing 2.57 kg, was welcomed at 3.35 a.m. on Tuesday morning and has been named Sahasra. G.L. Arun Gopi, the council's general secretary, revealed that plans are underway to establish high-tech Ammathottil cradles in Idukki, Kannur, and Wayanad districts.

Currently, in most other districts, these cradles are situated near district or taluk hospitals within the district headquarters. However, in Idukki and Kannur, the Ammathottil cradles had to be removed due to ongoing hospital development works. Gopi also mentioned that non-functional Ammathottils, such as the one in Ernakulam, will be upgraded to high-tech versions.