Pakistan PIMS hospital fire: Witnesses say rescue was delayed as Islamabad blaze killed 14 babies
Khurram Mehmood, 40, told AFP news agency there was a long wait for rescue workers. “I lost my daughter. She was only three days old,” he said. Jaweria, the mother of another victim, told AFP news agency the door to the maternity ward was locked. “For two hours I kept crying and wailing,” she said….
Khurram Mehmood, 40, told AFP news agency there was a long wait for rescue workers. “I lost my daughter. She was only three days old,” he said.
Jaweria, the mother of another victim, told AFP news agency the door to the maternity ward was locked.
“For two hours I kept crying and wailing,” she said. “Police arrived after four hours and said they are here to investigate.”
“Why did the doctors leave the children there?” she asks.
“To hell with you, rescue team and police. Babies burnt to death there, but nobody could save them.”
Rana Imran Sikander, the hospital’s executive director, told the BBC the ward’s door was not locked but was manned. He cited the need to protect babies from being stolen, something that has happened before at government hospitals.
