14 newborn babies killed in maternity ward hospital fire in Pakistan

Milo Pope | Live News reporter Published August 26, 2026 7:27am Updated August 26, 2026 7:29am Police officers outside the intensive care unit at the PIMS hospital in Islamabad (Picture: Reuters) More than a dozen newborn babies have died after a fire broke out inside a maternity ward in a Pakistan hospital. The fire is now said to be under control after rescue teams attended the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad, with those injured taken to the ICU. Parents of the infants who were killed in the fire have gathered outside the hospital in tears. One newborn out of the 15 babies who were in the ward was rescued, a hospital spokesperson told BBC News. A man also told the publication that his three-day-old baby had died. The fire broke out on the third floor o