Neonatal Transport: The Long Drive has Not Even Begun

244 Sir, Transporting a sick newborn to an equipped health facility is a challenge in India due to scarce and inequitably distributed health facilities and underdeveloped transport network. Though in utero transport of the newborn and delivery at an adequately equipped center are ideal, a preterm delivery and all the subsequent perinatal problems cannot always be anticipated. This results in a burgeoning need to transfer such babies after birth.[1-3] Stabilization of newborn during and before transportation has been shown to improve the condition of newborn in terms of temperature, blood glucose, oxygenation, and blood pressure, thereby improving the outcome of such critically sick neonate.[4-7]