Stanford educated Ratul Narain is helping babies battle hypothermia with a simple bracelet

Stanford educated Ratul Narain is helping babies battle hypothermia with a simple bracelet

Rithiksha wore a bright bracelet for the first three weeks after birth. Rithiksha’s mother, Divya, who had lost her first born to pneumonia, was told that a series of beeps indicate a drop in the baby’s body temperature and the baby needs to be swaddled to regulate the body temperature. Rithiksha’s mother did as she was told. One night, the bracelet continued to beep for six hours. The worried mother called the helpline for the bracelet, where she was advised to take her baby to the hospital. Baby Rithiksha was…

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