15 newborns die in Pakistan hospital fire triggered by air-con fault
At least 15 infants were killed when a fire broke out at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, triggered by a fault in air conditioning systems, local broadcaster Geo TV reported on Wednesday. The blaze started at around 7am at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, on the third floor of the hospital’s mother and child health ward, the broadcaster said. Islamabad chief…
A fire at a state-run hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan claimed the lives of at least 14 newborn infants on Wednesday morning. The tragedy is believed to have been caused by a malfunction in the hospital's air conditioning system, according to local media reports. The blaze erupted around 7am, in the mother and child health ward on the third floor of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
The hospital, which is one of the prominent public healthcare facilities in the city, was hosting 16 newborns at the time of the incident, with one infant being rescued. The chief commissioner of Islamabad said that rescue teams, specialists, police and himself arrived on the scene promptly and managed to control the fire. Parents Javeria and Mudasir, who both lost their newborns, expressed their grief and demanded justice.
The hospital's management was directed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to conduct an immediate investigation into the incident.
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