Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has appointed a new executive director and joint executive director nearly six weeks after the hospital fire that resulted in the deaths of 15 newborn babies. The new appointments have raised questions among hospital doctors and staff because the executive director’s additional charge has been assigned to Prof Dr…
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has appointed a new executive director and joint executive director nearly six weeks after the hospital fire that resulted in the deaths of 15 newborn babies. The new appointments have raised questions among hospital doctors and staff because the executive director’s additional charge has been assigned to Prof Dr…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal reportedly submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif within hours of the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), but the premier declined to accept it, according to highly informed sources. The August 26 tragedy at PIMS’ Mother and Child Health Centre resulted in…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered immediate action against eight officials named in the preliminary inquiry into the devastating fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) neonatal ward that claimed the lives of 14 newborns. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by the prime minister, where the inquiry committee presented…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced financial compensation of Rs5 million for each family of the newborn babies who died in the tragic fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad. The government expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and extended condolences to the bereaved families. In an official statement, it said…
Federal Health Secretary Mahmood Rai has established a temporary monitoring and complaint-resolution camp outside the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad following the tragic deaths of 14 newborn babies in a nursery fire. The camp has been set up at the hospital’s entrance to provide patients, attendants and visitors with a direct channel…
The formal inquiry into the tragic fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad has begun after 14 newborns reportedly died in the neonatal ward. An inquiry committee headed by former Interior Secretary Shahid Khan visited the hospital to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident and assess the emergency response. The investigation…
