Locked Doors and Lost Lives: A Reckoning for Pakistan's Hospitals The images of parents desperately searching for their babies amidst the inferno at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad will haunt the country for weeks, if not months.
The tragedy on Wednesday morning, which claimed 14 infant lives and left only one survivor, raises fundamental questions about safety protocols and emergency preparedness at one of Pakistan's largest hospitals.
Eyewitness accounts paint a grim picture of chaos and delay.