Pakistan Hospital Fires Result in At Least 15 Newborns in Nursery, Connecting to Previous悲
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The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad housed at least 15 newborns in the nursery when the fire broke out, hospital officials said.
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BBC NewsPublished At least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire on a hospital ward in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
Associated PressThe scene at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad was somber Thursday as doctors, staff, patients and relatives mourned the newborns. Access was restricted to the third-floor area where the fire occurred.
ABC NewsPresident Asif Ali Zardari reportedly said it was a "an irreparable loss." Fourteen newborns were killed in a fire at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, according to a hospital doctor.
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Hivsa Walid told the BBC she was inside the hospital when the fire broke out, with her sister-in-law who had given birth in the days before.
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In January, a fire ripped through the Gul Plaza shopping centre in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, killing 67 people.
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01 NBC News One of the two people who recently died of measles in Pennsylvania was an infant, the state health department said Wednesday.
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02 NPR News At least one baby was rescued, officials said, while Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal confirmed at least 14 babies had died.
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03 ABC News Rescue officials said the fire began around 6:45 a.m. after an air-conditioning unit compressor exploded inside the nursery in the gynecology ward, according to The Associated Press.
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04 Associated Press The fire early Wednesday was confined to the third-floor nursery and did not affect the rest of the facility. Hospital officials said the fire spread so quickly the two doctors, two nurses and other staff present were able to rescue only one baby among the 15 in the nursery.
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05 BBC News Jaweria, the mother of another victim, told AFP news agency the door to the maternity ward was locked.
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