# Pakistan suspends eight officials after hospital fire kills 14 babies

https://mins.news/en/item/37072

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-29 18:26 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/pakistan-suspends-eight-officials-over-hospital-fire-that-killed-14-babies?traffic_source=rss

> Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif suspended eight officials at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and ordered criminal proceedings after a neonatal ward fire killed 14 babies. An interim inquiry found the hospital lacked meaningful fire-safety protocols, supervisors were absent and emergency responders were called late. One nurse who rescued a child received a state honour and a cash reward.

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