Newborn support device and resuscitation device

A newborn support device for supporting a newborn in close proximity to a mother, the newborn support device comprising:

• a support platform having a top surface configured to receive and support the newborn thereon,
• wherein the support platform is provided with an elongated slit that defines a passage in the support platform, the elongated slit being configured to be accessible from a side of the platform and extends through the platform from the top surface to a bottom surface of the platform, the elongated slit being further configured for passing of an umbilical cord with which the newborn is attached to the mother through a part of the platform from the top surface and past the bottom surface, and
• wherein the support platform is coupled to a support frame, the support frame being configured for positioning of the platform in close proximity to the mother, and
• wherein the platform is an elongated platform with the slit extending in a longitudinal direction of the platform.