Though the anxious father managed to break through a glass door and enter the SNCU, it was too late.
About 15 minutes later, hospital officials and police reached the spot and stopped people from entering as smoke continued to fill the area.
Everyone was trying to rescue the infants,” Khan said. Khan said he could not find his daughter and had no way of knowing whether she had been evacuated. Though we found her and brought her out, we couldn’t save her,” the visibly distraught father said. “The baby was supposed to be our third child, after two sons.,” Khan said.
On the day of the fire, Khan visited her as usual. He had barely stepped out and removed the visitor gown when an AC inside the SNCU reportedly exploded. “Doctors, nurses and security guards broke the glass doors and started bringing the babies out. The situation soon turned chaotic. “My brother and I went around to the rear of the building, broke open a door and entered the ward in search of the baby.