The fire tragedy at Sahiwal Hospital left Pakistanis in shock and the loss of 11 babies in the fire is one of the most horrific details of the whole incident. However, doctors of the Sahiwal hospital, who were present at the time of the fire have finally spoken out about the real details of how the incident happened.
Doctors claim that the fire happened one week before CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz took notice of the incident. The fire broke out on 8 June in the Pediatric Ward of Sahiwal Reading Hospital. Doctors rescued all of the newborn babies from the ward. However, the 11 lives that were lost were already very critical, to begin with, and the attendants with the patients were already counseled to be prepared for the inevitable outcome.
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In response to CM Punjab’s brutal action to arrest MS Akhter Hussain, Deputy MS Dr Usman Anwar, Assistant MS Dr. Umer and senior principal of Sahiwal Medical College Prof Dr. Imran Hasan, doctors of Sahiwal Hospital and Young Doctors Association (YDA) are protesting on roads. Hashtags like #StandWithSahiwalDoctors and #DoctorsRejectBrutality are trending on X (Twitter). The doctors who were peacefully protesting against the arrest of their senior doctors and principal were thwarted with baton charge by the Punjab police. The clash led to dozens of doctors and around 30 paramedics getting injured.
Young Doctors Association is demanding the immediate release and withdrawal of suspension of the doctors and senior principal.
Here is how the doctors are reacting:
