--- title: "Fire at Pims hospital kills 14 newborns, prompts safety measures" description: "Most outlets led with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s decision to make fire safety training mandatory for house officers in response to the Pims hospital fire. A few also mentioned the fire’s tragic impact, specifically the deaths of 14 newborns. Dawn and Aaj News highlighted the incident itself and its immediate consequences, while others focused primarily on the policy response." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6689-save-the-babies-nurse-recalls-pims-fire-that-killed-14 site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Fire at Pims hospital kills 14 newborns, prompts safety measures pakistan · latest filing 6 Sep 2026, 8:01 AM PKT · 5–6 Sep 2026 · 11 articles from 8 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 8 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets focused on the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s decision to make fire safety training mandatory for house officers in response to the PIMS hospital fire that killed 14 newborns. Several also mentioned the fire’s impact on prompting emergency drills in government buildings. Dawn and Aaj News led with the tragedy itself and its immediate human toll, while the other outlets primarily framed the story around the policy changes and institutional responses. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 6 Sep 2026 — After Pims incident, PMDC makes fire safety drills mandatory for house officers (1 outlet) - **Dawn** — [After Pims incident, PMDC makes fire safety drills mandatory for house officers](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027872/after-pims-incident-pmdc-makes-fire-safety-drills-mandatory-for-house-officers) · 6 Sep 2026, 8:01 AM PKT > https://www.dawn.com/news/2027798 ### 5 Sep 2026 — Fire at Pims hospital kills 14 newborns, prompts safety measures (8 outlets) > Most outlets led with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s decision to make fire safety training mandatory for house officers in response to the Pims hospital fire. A few also mentioned the fire’s tragic impact, specifically the deaths of 14 newborns. Dawn and Aaj News highlighted the incident itself and its immediate consequences, while others focused primarily on the policy response. - **Business Recorder** — [PMDC launches fire safety education, training programme](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438118/pmdc-launches-fire-safety-education-training-programme) · 6 Sep 2026, 2:13 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD: Following a recent tragic fire incident at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), where 14 newborn babies were killed, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to implement a fire safety education and training programme for house officers in all medical and dental colleges. The PMDC announced this here on Saturday after close deliberations with the relev... - **24 News HD** — [PMDC to make fire safety training mandatory for house officers](https://www.24newshd.tv/05-Sep-2026/pmdc-make-fire-safety-training-mandatory-house-officers) · 5 Sep 2026, 7:52 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has planned to make fire safety education and training mandatory for house officers in all medical and dental colleges following the PIMS hospital tragedy, 24NewsHD TV reported on Saturday. - **Dunya News** — [PMDC makes fire safety training mandatory for house officers](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Health/971481-pmdc-makes-fire-safety-training-mandatory-for-house-officers) · 5 Sep 2026, 5:01 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > PMDC makes fire safety training mandatory for house officers, including emergency drills, hazard identification and safe patient evacuation at medical institutions. - **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [PM&DC makes fire safety training mandatory for House Officers](https://www.app.com.pk/national/pmdc-makes-fire-safety-training-mandatory-for-house-officers/) · 5 Sep 2026, 4:57 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD, Sep 05 (APP):The Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC) has decided to make comprehensive fire safety education and training mandatory for house officers in all medical and dental colleges. The required dedicated training included training on fire prevention, emergency drills, patient safety and evacuation procedures to strengthen preparedness and protect patients, students, docto... - **ProPakistani** — [PMDC to Introduce Mandatory Fire Safety Training for House Officers](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/05/pmdc-to-introduce-mandatory-fire-safety-training-for-house-officers/) · 5 Sep 2026, 3:21 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > The Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC) has decided to implement a fire safety education and training program for house… Read More - **ARY News (English)** — [PMDC decides fire safety training mandatory for house officers](https://arynews.tv/pmdc-decides-fire-safety-training-mandatory-for-house-officers) · 5 Sep 2026, 3:15 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has decided to address fire safety in hospitals across the country by making fire safety training. - **Aaj News (English)** — [‘Save the babies’: Nurse recalls PIMS fire that killed 14 newborns](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330470985/save-the-babies-nurse-recalls-pims-fire-that-killed-14-newborns) · 5 Sep 2026, 1:49 PM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > Staff nurse Razia Noreen was on duty in the nursery ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad when a deadly fire claimed the lives of 14 newborn babies. She was at a medicine cupboard in the nursery ward, preparing the morning’s injections when she saw an unusually bright red light through the ward’s glass panel. She did not stop to figure out what it was. It was 6.... - **Dawn** — [Newborns’ deaths in Pims fire prompt safety drills in capital buildings](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027518/newborns-deaths-in-pims-fire-prompt-safety-drills-in-capital-buildings) · 5 Sep 2026, 8:47 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: The tragic fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) gynaecology ward, which claimed the lives of 14 infants, has prompted authorities to conduct fire drills in key government offices to reinforce safety measures. On Friday, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) conducted a special fire safety mock drill at the Parliament House to assess and strengthen emergency pre... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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