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Sharif also approved action against a company responsible for hospital security and its officials.
The government also already announced compensation of 5 million rupees (about $18,000) for each bereaved family.
Emergency services were not called until six minutes after the fire started, and the first emergency responders arrived 15 minutes after receiving the call, the statement said.
Investigators found that only two subsections of the hospital’s 13 standard operating procedures referred to fires or other emergencies.
About two minutes of surveillance video of the nursery fire was shown during Saturday’s meeting. The footage was not immediately released.
The interim report said a nurse risked her life to save a baby before the flames spread through the ward. Sharif approved a recommendation that she receive the Sitara-i-Khidmat, a state award recognizing public service.
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