A treatment for jaundiced babies which reduces hospital stays for new-born babies has been used for the first time at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital. Himmat Singh Uppal – the first child of mum Kiranjit Kaur Uppal, 29, and her husband Verinderjit Singh Uppal, 30 – was the first recipient of phototherapy after he was born at New Cross on Wednesday, February 2. Jaundice is almost universal in new-born infants, causing yellowing of the skin and eyes from the build-up of bilirubin in the blood, a yellow substance produced when red blood cells are broken down.