Door was locked at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witnesses say
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Watch: Hivsa Walid describes grabbing newborn and fleeing from hospital as fire raged It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted.
观看：Hivsa Walid描述了在火灾肆虐时抓住新生儿并逃离医院 星期三早上，在巴基斯坦首都的一个产科病房里，天刚亮，一场可怕的大火就爆发了。
It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive.
这将导致14名婴儿死亡，因为父母说他们等了几个小时才能得到帮助。
Hivsa Walid was near the room at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital with her sister-in-law, who had given birth days earlier.
希夫萨·瓦利德当时在巴基斯坦医学科学研究所（PIMS）医院的病房附近，陪伴着几天前刚分娩的嫂子。
She initially heard a shout and thought a patient had died - but then she saw smoke. The pair fled with the baby, who is so small she does not yet have a name.
她最初听到一声喊叫，以为有病人死了——但随后她看到了烟雾。 两人带着婴儿逃走了，婴儿还很小，还没有名字。
"We didn't even think about our belongings.
"我们甚至没考虑过自己的物品。
We just grabbed the baby and rushed downstairs. "Some patients had delivered their babies just that night.
我们直接抱着宝宝冲下楼。 "有些病人就在那天晚上生了孩子。
I don't even know how we managed to get down - it was all a blur." The fire broke out in an air-conditioning unit on the third floor of the mother and child unit at PIMS, one of the main state-run hospitals in Islamabad.
我甚至不知道我们是怎么下去的——一切都模糊不清。" 火灾发生在PIMS母婴病房三楼的空调机组，PIMS是伊斯兰堡主要的国营医院之一。
Only one of the 15 babies present was saved. Eyewitnesses say proper evacuation protocols were not in place at the hospital Khurram Mehmood, 40, told AFP news agency there was a long wait for rescue workers.
在场的15个婴儿中，只有一个被救了。 目击者称医院没有实施适当的疏散程序 40岁的库拉姆·梅赫穆德告诉法新社，救援人员等待时间很长。
"I lost my daughter.
"我失去了女儿。
She was only three days old," he said. Jaweria, the mother of another victim, told AFP news agency the door to the maternity ward was locked. "For two hours I kept crying and wailing," she said.
她才三天大，"他说。 另一名受害者的母亲贾韦里亚告诉法新社，产房门是锁着的。 "我哭了两个小时，哭了两个小时，"她说。
"Police arrived after four hours and said they are here to investigate."
"警方四个小时后赶到，说他们是来调查的。"
"Why did the doctors leave the children there?" she asks. "To hell with you, rescue team and police.
"医生为什么把孩子们留在那里？"她问。 "去你们的救援队和警察。
Babies burnt to death there, but nobody could save them."
婴儿在那里被烧死，但没人能救他们。"
Rana Imran Sikander, the hospital's executive director, told the BBC the ward's door was not locked but was manned. He cited the need to protect babies from being stolen, something that has happened before at government hospitals.
医院执行董事拉纳·伊姆兰·西坎德告诉BBC，病房门没有锁，但有人值守。 他指出需要保护婴儿免于被拐走，这在政府医院中曾发生过类似情况。
Scenes outside Pakistan hospital where newborn babies were killed in fire Walid suggested PIMS's safety protocols were inadequate, despite it being a major hospital. "There should have been fire extinguishers and protocols, but no one was doing anything - everyone was just running."
巴基斯坦医院外的新生儿在火灾中丧生的场景 瓦利德认为，尽管PIMS是一家大型医院，但其安全规程仍然不充分。 "本该有灭火器和相关规定，但没人做什么——大家都在逃跑。"
The father of a baby who died told Reuters he had been visiting the ward for eight days and the building had "no fire security, no proper exits".
一名已故婴儿的父亲告诉路透社，他已经在病房待了八天，而该建筑"没有消防安全，也没有合适的出口"。
"All doors were closed, only one door was for us to visit our children. They kept the other doors locked because they feared we would come to see our children too often."
"所有门都关着，只有一扇门是让我们去看望孩子们的。 他们把其他门锁着，因为他们担心我们会太频繁地来看孩子。"
Several eyewitnesses have claimed duty staff were not around.
多名目击者称值班人员当时不在场。
People had to "break the door down" and rescue teams were forced to smash the windows to control the flames, a witness who did not give her name told AFP. Abdul Ghafoor, another witness, told AFP he tried to get into the building to rescue patients but couldn't reach the maternity ward.
一名未透露姓名的目击者告诉法新社，人们不得不"破门而入"，救援队被迫砸碎窗户以控制火焰。 另一名目击者阿卜杜勒·加富尔告诉法新社，他试图进入大楼救助患者，但未能到达产科病房。
"There was thick black smoke inside and patients were trapped," he said.
"屋内弥漫着浓浓的黑烟，患者被困住了，"他说。
"Rescue teams arrived after almost two hours."
"救援队在将近两个小时后赶到。"
Islamabad's Chief Commissioner Sohail Ashraf said rescue teams reached the scene "immediately" after the emergency call was first made, according to AFP.
据法新社报道，伊斯兰堡首席专员索海尔·阿什拉夫表示，救援队在紧急呼叫首次发出后"立即"赶到现场。
PIMS is one of the biggest hospitals in Pakistan's capital, with 156 beds in its maternal and child health unit. The country has dealt with a number of major fires in recent years, with poor safety laws, building codes and lax enforcement often blamed for steep death tolls.
PIMS是巴基斯坦首都最大的医院之一，母婴健康单元拥有156张床位。 近年来，该国经历了多起重大火灾，安全法律不完善、建筑规范和执法松懈常常被归咎于死亡人数惨重。
Survivors of a fire which killed dozens at a Karachi shopping mall in January this year said locked exits probably contributed to the high number of fatalities.
今年一月卡拉奇一家购物中心发生的一场火灾幸存者表示，锁闭的出口很可能导致了高死亡人数。
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his "deep sorrow and heartfelt regret" over the latest blaze, and instructed authorities to "conduct an immediate investigation", according to a statement from his office.
总理谢赫巴兹·谢里夫对最新火灾表达了"深切的悲痛和深切遗憾"，并指示当局"立即展开调查"，据其办公室声明。
He has also suspended Federal Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, a top official in the health department.
他还暂停了联邦卫生部长阿斯拉姆·加乌里的职务，后者是卫生部门的高级官员。
"Such a situation with children is irreparable," the statement said.
声明称："儿童问题无法挽回，"声明中写道。
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