Incubator

An incubator comprising:

• an upright support;
• a patient receiving unit mounted to the support, said patient receiving unit including a patient supporting structure and a transparent cover positioned over a child supporting structure;
• a light shade to be positioned on an outside over the transparent cover to shield the patient receiving unit from ambient light;
• and
• a suspension member located above the cover of the patient receiving unit and connected to the support, the light shade being fastened to said suspension member;
• and
• wherein the light shade comprises shade sections, said shade sections each being movable between a covering state to cover a part of the cover of the patient receiving unit and a non-covering state to uncover said part of the cover of the patient receiving unit;
• and
• wherein the shade sections include at least a layer formed of a foamed plastics material.