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AP Exclusive: Nurse who saved baby from Pakistan hospital fire wishes she could have saved the rest
ISLAMABAD | Razia Noreen and her colleagues had just checked on the 15 newborns in their care at the hospital nursery in Islamabad and were preparing injections for some of them in an adjacent room when she saw something unusual: flames. The nurse dropped the syringe and ran into the nursery. She lifted a baby […]
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Pakistani investigators visit hospital nursery where fire killed 14 newborns
ISLAMABAD | Investigators appointed by Pakistan’s prime minister were making a visit Thursday to the hospital nursery where a fast-moving fire killed 14 newborns, as grieving families and the public sought answers about the cause of the blaze and the safety measures at the major government facility. The fire early Wednesday was confined to the […]