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26 August 2026

Locked inside: Grief and anger as Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns

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Source reporting: Al Jazeera English

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Locked inside: Grief and anger as Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns

A nursery for critical infants — supposedly the safest place in Islamabad's PIMS hospital — turned into a deathtrap.

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