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At least 14 infants killed in Islamabad hospital fire
At least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said, with the health minister attributing the tragedy to a blast in the nursery ward. The incident is among the deadliest hospital fires in recent years in the country, where government healthcare is subsidised but…
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- Why it matters
- Infants in the affected ward are unable to escape fires themselves and depend entirely on hospital safety systems and staff response. The death toll indicates a failure in those systems during an active emergency.
- Most affected
- Infants in the Islamabad hospital's nursery ward — 14 confirmed dead in the fire.
Families of affected infants — Loss of newborns in their care at a public facility. - Likely next
- Whether the reported death toll is revised as emergency response concludes, and whether an official investigation into fire safety and emergency protocols is announced.
Also reported by: Sky News, Deutsche Welle, The Guardian, The Japan Times, NPR, Prothom Alo, Free Press Journal, The Indian Express