India, Aug. 18 -- A newborn girl died and two other babies sustained injuries on Monday after allegedly falling off their bed at the neo-nation intensive care unit (NICU) of the government-run Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).

Officials called the incident an "accident", and ordered an in-house inquiry including checking CCTV cameras of the unit and failure of attendant nurses and doctors to take proper care of the newborns.

"A baby girl was born to my wife on August 15 through cesarean section. On Sunday evening, I was told by GMCH that the baby would have to be kept in the NICU due to some complications," the father of the deceased infant said.

"When I came to the hospital this morning, I came to know that some babies had fal...