South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago
At least 14 newborns die in Pakistan hospital fire triggered by air-con fault
At least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said, with local media blaming the tragedy on a fault in the air conditioning system.
The blaze started around 7am at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, on the third floor of the hospital’s mother and child health ward, said broadcaster Geo TV, which put the death toll at 15.
Islamabad chief commissioner Sohail Ashraf said on social media that…
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