Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 20 -- In a bid to prevent infant mortality in Mysuru District, the State-run Cheluvamba Hospital will soon get a cutting-edge mobile Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), also called a neonatal ambulance, that has been launched Statewide for emergency treatment of new-borns.

This new addition, under Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child ICU, aims to ensure prompt and safe transportation of premature and critically-ill infants from remote areas of the district to specialised healthcare facilities at district centres.

This mobile NICU is the only one of its kind in Mysuru Division and is part of a broader initiative that includes similar units for Vani Vilas Hospital in Bengaluru, Raichur Institute of Medical Scie...