Guwahati, Sept. 2 -- The Assam Government's health department suspended seven staff members for misleading the probe and failing to maintain records following an infant's death.

Reports state that the tragic death of a four-day-old infant at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) sparked outrage across the state.

In response, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered a high-level probe and directed the government to suspend multiple staff members for negligence and misconduct.

Doctors admitted the infant, daughter of Sinta Deka and Utpal Boroloi, with jaundice, and she allegedly fell from a phototherapy machine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) recently.

Sarma called the incident "deeply painful and shameful," adding, "...