Radio Frequency Identification facility at new unit inspected

The CEmONC building constructed at a cost of Rs 75 crore is expected to be inaugurated on May 17. As the final phase of works are going on in the building, Dr Gunaseelan, Senior Grade Assistant Professor of ECE Department of Guindy College of Engineering, carried out an inspection on the RFID facility to be installed in the new building to prevent smuggling of new born babies. 

Speaking to DTNext, Gunaseelan said that RFID technology is already in place in the old building and it will be shifted to the new building. In the new CEmONC building there are two entrances unlike one in the old building and hence an added censor would be needed for the building. 

At present, the setting up of control room and sensors are being taken up. Only when the babies are shifted to the new building, the complete system would be relocated to the new facility. 

He further said that three phases of security systems are being implemented to prevent kidnapping of babies. One is the RFID technology, where the RFID tags would be tied on both the mother and the child. If the child is taken away from the mother, the censor would detect it rising a beep sound. Next is the Imaging technique. Even if the RFID tag of the mother is taken along with the child there would be a mismatch in the photo and the kidnapping could be prevented. Third one is the fingerprint technology. All the people, who carry the babies would be subjected to fingerprint profiling and if there is a mismatch the babies would not be allowed to go out, said Gunaseelan. 

Dean of Madurai GRH Vairamuthuraja and senior doctors from various departments accompanied the professor during the inspection.