Fire at maternity ward in Islamabad hospital kills 14 infants
A dawn fire that erupted in the maternity ward of Islamabad's premier public hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), on Wednesday killed 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze. Witnesses described harrowing scenes and a slow response from emergency services and guards reportedly preventing them from leaving the ward.
Automated coverage analysis
Generated automatically from the coverage listed on this page. CurrentWire adds no editorial claims.
Coverage
1 publication is covering this story.
How CurrentWire compiled this story
France 24 (www.france24.com), a Tier B publisher, filed this report on .
Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 57.5 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 28 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 4 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 3.5 of 10
- Story prominence
- 8 of 10
- Velocity
- 0 of 5
Strongest signal: freshness, 28 of 35. How each signal is calculated.
Filed under Health · International · News.
CurrentWire is a news discovery platform. This page summarizes and links to original reporting; full articles, imagery and copyright remain with the publishers listed above.