Health Minister Visits PIMS, Reviews Fire Safety and Patient Load

Tragedy at Pakistani Hospital Should Prompt Reform

Click to expand Image People light candles in memory of the newborn victims outside the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 27, 2026. © 2026 M.A. Sheik/AP Photo Fourteen newborns died in a fire on August 26 at one of Pakistan’s largest public hospitals, and their shattered families are asking how this could have happened.The preliminary inquiry report found that the neonatal ward at the Pakistan Institute of M…

Health minister visits PIMS, reviews fire safety and patient load

Islamabad - Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal visited PIMS and chaired a meeting with heads of hospitals and senior health officials to review fire safety audits at government hospitals and measures to ensure adequate cooling systems.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Convenes Emergency Meeting on Health Affairs and PIMS Fire Incident

ISLAMABAD, SEP 2: /DNA/ – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, upon his return from Kyrgyzstan, chaired an emergency meeting regarding national health affairs and the recent fire incident at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal, Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Health […]

Pakistan Moves to Digitize Islamabad’s Public Hospitals After PIMS Tragedy

Copyright protected content copied from PhoneWorld website. Pakistan’s federal health ministry has decided to accelerate the digitization of public hospitals in the capital, with plans to introduce technology-driven monitoring, administration, and complaint management systems following the recent tragedy at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). Officials said the initiative is intended to identify weaknesses in hospital operations a…