Newborn infant left unclaimed at Pims for two months dies in blaze
ISLAMABAD: One of the 14 babies who died in Wednesday’s fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), Islamabad, was a two-month-old boy who had remained unclaimed at the hospital since birth. The infant had been living at Pims alongside other sick children. His body remains in the hospital mortuary following his death. He was born on June 21 to a young girl who appeared to be around…
In a tragic incident that occurred on August 27, 2026, a newborn baby boy died at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) in Islamabad. The infant, who was just two months old at the time of his death, had been unclaimed at the hospital since his birth on June 21. According to a female doctor at Pims, the baby's mother appeared to be around 15 years old and did not have any documents to prove her marriage.
The hospital staff had repeatedly asked the baby's grandmother and husband for proof of marriage, but they never returned. The baby was left in the Mother and Child Health (MCH) nursery among other sick children and grew there for two months, putting him at high risk of infection and depriving him of the necessary care for normal neurocognitive development.
Despite efforts to facilitate the baby's adoption, no success was achieved, and his body remains in the hospital mortuary. The hospital administrator, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, formed an inquiry committee following the tragedy, and the health minister vowed to present himself for accountability.
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