Pakistan infant fire victims investigation 2026
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Nurse remembers Pakistan nursery fire rescue
The government's inquiry found that the available evidence does not support allegations that front-line medical and nursing staff abandoned the newborns.
Staff nurse Razia Noreen rushed into the burning nursery and carried out one baby, the only survivor.
Noreen said the fire was coming out of the side of the air-conditioning unit facing her.
Pakistan suspends officials over hospital fire that killed 14 babies
Sharif awarded Razia Noreen the Sitara-i-Khidmat state honour and a cash reward of one million rupees for the rescue.
Nurse Razia Noreen pulled a child to safety before flames engulfed the ward.
The fire spread through oxygen outlets fitted at each incubator.
Pakistan infant fire victims' parents demand answers
Funerals have begun for the babies killed in the fire.
Families have accused hospital staff and emergency services of abandoning the infants.
14 babies were killed in a fire at Islamabad's Institute of Medical Sciences.
Islamabad PIMS hospital fire kills 14 babies
A fire at PIMS hospital in Islamabad killed 14 infants.
PIMS executive director Rana Imran Sikander said the ward's door was not locked but was manned to protect babies from being stolen.
Only one of the 15 babies present in the ward was saved.
Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns
PIMS has 156 beds in its maternal and child health unit.
Only one of the 15 babies present in the ward was saved.
Sikander cited the need to protect babies from being stolen, something that has happened before at government hospitals.
“All doors were closed, only one door was for us to visit our children. They kept the other doors locked because they feared we would come to see our children too often.”
Fire kills 14 newborn babies in Pakistan hospital nursery
Only one infant was rescued from the fire, according to Geo TV.
Local broadcaster Geo TV, quoting hospital sources, put the death toll at 15.
At least 14 newborn babies were killed in a fire at a hospital nursery in Islamabad.