Newborn 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 Islamabad, Pakistan, a newborn infant who had been unclaimed at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for two months tragically lost his life in a fire that claimed 14 other young lives on Wednesday. The infant, born on June 21 to a mother believed to be around 15 years old, remained at the hospital alongside other ill children.
However, despite hospital staff's attempts to obtain proof of marriage from the mother, she eventually abandoned the baby, leaving it to fend for itself in the Mother and Child Health nursery. The infant's body rests in the hospital mortuary, awaiting the arrival of his legal heirs.
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