A devastating fire at a government hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad killed at least 14 newborn babies on Wednesday, August 26, in one of the country’s most tragic recent hospital incidents. The blaze broke out in the Mother and Child Health Ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), a major public healthcare facility...
Three newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday. The tragedy occurred when the neonatal ward was housing critically ill and vulnerable infants, prompting an immediate rescue operation by doctors, nurses and other hospital...
A tragic maternal healthcare incident has emerged from Madhya Pradesh, where a woman delivered quadruplets inside an auto-rickshaw while being transported to a hospital. Despite efforts to rush her for medical treatment, all four newborns died shortly after birth, raising serious concerns about emergency healthcare accessibility and the condition of maternal services in the region....