Pakistan Hospital Fire Kills 3-Day-Old Baby as Families Grieve Outside Maternity Ward
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 26
Pakistan Hospital Fire Kills 3-Day-Old Baby as Families Grieve Outside Maternity Ward
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 26
Summary
Emergency responders were still at Pakistan’s PIMS hospital after a fire tore through the maternity ward, while families gathered outside mourning children lost in the blaze.
A man told the BBC he lost his three-day-old baby in the fire, underscoring the human toll as shock spread at the scene.
A woman from the ward opposite also described the aftermath, as correspondent Carrie Davies reported disbelief that such a fire could happen in the hospital.
The blaze has left the hospital facing immediate grief and scrutiny over how a maternity ward fire could occur.