At least 12 newborns dead in Baghdad hospital fire, seven rescued

WASHINGTON: A fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad’s largest hospitals on Wednesday, killing at least 12 premature babies, medical and security

WASHINGTON: A fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad’s largest hospitals on Wednesday, killing at least 12 premature babies, medical and security officials said. Jassem Lateef al-Karkh, from the Baghdad health directorate, told reporters only seven babies could be saved and were taken to another ward in the Iraqi capital. Health ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Rudeini said the blaze at the Yarmuk hospital in west Baghdad was started by an electrical fault just after midnight (2100 GMT Tuesday). “Twenty-nine women patients who were in the same ward were evacuated to other hospitals,” he said. Security services sealed off the area as forensic teams searched the gutted ward .

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