A baby named after Embrace's clinical researcher!
Posted by christina
It was 5:30 am on a cold Sunday morning when my cell phone woke me up.“Hi Kamalika, great news, can you come over just now?” - a voice from the hospital where we were conducting the clinical study said. There was a baby born at the hospital 5 hours ago. Her parents had given consent for participation in our study with one condition – they needed to talk to someone from Embrace before trial related assessments were done. I gladly hopped into a rickshaw and was off to the hospital.
Our participant was a little baby girl, with the cutest dimples, all wrapped in pink. While the study nurse performed the screening assessment, I listened to the proud first-time parents chatting away about their precious newborn. The baby was randomized into the non-Embrace, hospital standard of care group. Initially, the baby was under cold stress, but by the end of the study phase, her body temperature was within normal limits.
Her parents were ecstatic, their only request, which neither the study team nor I could fulfil, was to place the baby in the Embrace Infant Warmer. They were so curious after seeing pictures of the first babies in the Warmer, and were interested to see the device at work. They said, “At least informally, after the study is over?”, but we had to decline.
The next evening, I got a surprising call. The mother of the baby, was requesting that I spell my name in English and Hindi because they wanted to name their daughter after me. I was stunned, what an amazing honor.
If our study, a picture of a baby in the Embrace Infant Warmer, and the device itself could create such a strong impact in the minds of new parents, then I know we’re well on our way to helping millions of babies around the world.
-Kamalika C.
Embrace Lead Clinical Researcher