Fire at hospital nursery in Pakistan’s capital kills 14 newborns, officials say
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an immediate investigation as officials said the blaze killed 14 newborns and raised questions about fire safety at the hospital.
- On Wednesday, a fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad killed at least 14 infants in the gynaecology ward, local broadcaster GeoTV reported.
- An air-conditioner compressor exploded inside the nursery, triggering the blaze at the facility situated in the federal capital, Pakistan, according to rescue sources.
- The nursery housed 16 newborns when the fire broke out, Geo reported; hospital officials stated only one infant was rescued from the scene.
- Emergency teams extinguished the fire and carried out "cooling operations" at the site, rescue officials told the outlet. Several children are reportedly injured, though hospital authorities have not commented on casualties.
- The Times reported the blaze started around 7:00 am on Wednesday. Earlier, emergency response teams rushed to the hospital to bring the fire under control and evacuate patients.
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A fire broke out at the maternity ward of PIMS Hospital in Islamabad. The fire would have left the air conditioning after an electrical failure.
Pakistani authorities announced that a fire in a maternity ward of a hospital in Islamabad on Wednesday killed several newborns.
ROME (ITALPRESS) " Fourteen infants died as a result of a fire that developed in the maternity and pediatric ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), in Islamabad. Local media made it known. At the time of the fire the department housed 15 infants, and only one was rescued. Rescue teams arrived immediately on site and tamed the flames. The fire would flare up due to the explosion of a compressor of an air conditioner inside the…
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Hospital nursery fire kills 14 newborns in Pakistan's capital while 1 baby is rescued
Officials in Pakistan say a fire that erupted at a newborn nursery at a major government hospital in the capital Islamabad has killed 14 babies. Officials at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences say the nursery housed at least 15…
The tragedy has occurred in the gynecology ward of the PIMS hospital in Islamabad.
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