At least 11 premature babies were killed Wednesday in a fire that
tore through one of Baghdad’s largest maternity hospitals, medical and
security sources said.
Health ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Rudeini told AFP the blaze at the
Yarmouk hospital in west Baghdad was started by an electrical fault.
He added that 29 other infants in Yarmouk “were evacuated to other hospitals in the capital.”
An official at Iraq’s interior ministry confirmed the death toll from
the fire, adding that three other babies were being treated for smoke
inhalation.
Many of Baghdad’s public hospitals are considered of poor quality, pushing a number of Iraqis to seek private healthcare.
Fire incident kills 11 premature babies in Iraq Hospital
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