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*BREAKING* At least 14 babies killed as fire burns through Islamabad hospital https://bit.ly/4qIMSk0

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*BREAKING* At least 14 babies killed as fire burns through Islamabad hospital https://bit.ly/4qIMSk0

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At least 14 newborn babies killed after fire breaks out in Pakistan hospital​

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• At least 14 newborns have died after a fire broke out at a hospital's maternity ward in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad
• The fire broke out in an air-conditioning unit at the mother and child unit in PIMS hospital, and was quickly ignited by oxygen connections, a spokesperson told BBC Urdu
• One newborn has been rescued of the 15 babies who were in the ward at the time, a hospital spokesperson confirms to the BBC
• Families have gathered outside the hospital - many in tears, says our correspondent who is on the scene, with one man telling the BBC that his three-day-old baby had died
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expresses "deep sorrow" and orders an immediate inquiry. A committee has been formed to produce a report within 24 hours

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Hospital authorities were able to rescue one child, the sources said. The blaze has also left some babies in critical condition and the death toll could rise, they added. https://cnn.it/3UmNwr4

 

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BREAKING: Casualties were feared after a fire broke out at the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) early on Wednesday.

Pims Spokesperson Dr Aneeza Jalil told Dawn that 15 babies were in the ward.

“Some of the babies may have been discharged during the night so the exact number [of casualties] can not be shared right now,” she said. Asked about the cause of the incident, she said that the fire appeared to have erupted due to a short circuit.

She said the the fire erupted at around 7am, adding that the flames had been extinguished but the cooling process would take some time.

Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/2025385/c...re-breaks-out-at-pims-gynae-ward-in-islamabad

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No lessons learnt: A timeline of hospital fires reported in Pakistan since 2010

Fires in large buildings are frequent in Pakistan, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.

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• affected at Sialkot’s Govt Sardar Begum Memorial Teaching Hospital when a room in the Covid-19 vaccination centre caught fire.
• March 7, 2021: A fire erupted in the paediatrics ward of Lahore’s Mayo Hospital, forcing the administration to shift patients to other wards. No loss of life or injury was reported.
• June 13, 2020: A woman died while eight others, including doctors, paramedics and patients, suffered minor injuries when a fire erupted in the operation theatre of the emergency ward at Services Hospital in Lahore.
• May 10, 2020: A fire broke out in the basement of the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology. The patients were shifted to different wards after thick smoke spread in the building.
• February 7, 2020: A fire in the physiotherapy department of Rawalpindi’s District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital reduced furniture to ashes and damaged machines.
• and damaged machines.
• January 9, 2020: A newborn girl died when an incubator caught fire at Karachi’s National Institute of Child Health — the largest children’s hospital in Sindh.
• October 15, 2019: A fire broke out in the musafirkhana of Lahore’s Mayo Hospital, creating a stampede-like situation. No casualties were reported.
• June 6, 2018: A huge fire destroyed five residential quarters for doctors on the premises of Mansehra’s Garhi Habibullah Civil Hospital. No casualties were reported.
• August 3, 2017: Hundreds of patients, their attendants, doctors and paramedics had to be evacuated from Sialkot’s Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital after a massive fire broke out in the facility’s luggage store.
• July 17, 2016: Twenty patients suffered serious burns when a fire broke out at a private hospital in Dadu after a gas cylinder exploded.
• February 10, 2014: A fire broke out in the basement of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital emergency ward. The smoke affected six patients and emergency services remained suspended for two-and-half-hours.
• July 13, 2013: A fire erupted in the paediatrics ward of Faisalabad’s Allied Hospital, affecting two minors.
• June 20, 2013: A fire broke out in the Angiography Laboratory of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore, burning instruments worth thousands.
• June 7, 2012: At least four newborns died and 17 received burn injuries when a fire erupted in Lahore’s Services Hospital.
• February 20, 2012: Two surgical units, other costly equipment and furniture were reduced to ashes when a heavy fire broke out in the dental ward of Dadu’s Civil Hospital.
• November 19, 2010: At least six patients became unconscious while several others, including attendants and hospital staff, suffered minor respiratory problems after smoke engulfed the Intensive Care Unit of Lahore’s Mayo Hospital’s emergency block following a short circuit.
• October 5, 2010: A two-year-old boy and a man received burn injuries, while equipment worth over Rs30 million was damaged when a fire broke out in three operation theatres of Lahore’s Services Hospital.