At least 11 newborn babies were killed in a fire at a Baghdad hospital overnight.
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According to local media 29 female patients were rescued from the fire, along with seven babies. An initial investigation said the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
Yesterday, at least 70 journalists and lawyers were killed in a blast that shook a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta in Pakistan. A large part of the hospital was damaged by the fire. Yarmouk is a main hospital on the western side of the capital, with emergency care facilities among others.
The children died of suffocation in the wards, the source said.
When he couldn’t find them he was told to look in the morgue.
One mother, who had given birth by C-section on Tuesday, told the Times she heard screaming that night, when the fire began.
“When I got there I only found charred pieces of flesh”. ‘I want my baby boy and girl back.
“I came with milk powder for him, and then this happened. they shut the electricity and the doors”, she said.
Shaima Hassan stood dazed and trembling in shock after losing her two-day-old son.
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The fire has been brought under control, according to the Iraqi health ministry. Authorities said that Iraqi buildings have poor maintenance and wiring, and the lack of fire escapes also contributes to the dangers.
