A Scorching Indictment of Failure in Pakistan's Healthcare System The recent inferno at a maternity ward in Islamabad, Pakistan, resulted in the deaths of 14 infants.
The swift denunciation of those responsible by investigators belies a woefully slow response to the tragedy.
Eight officials – including the hospital's executive director and head of the neonatal department – have been suspended. The fire spread rapidly, engulfing the entire unit within two minutes.