Kaba, a mother of a ten-day-old baby, reacts as she sits outside the hospital, where newborn babies died in a fire at the neonatal section of a regional hospital in Tivaouane, Senegal, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
TIVAOUANE, Senegal (Reuters) -Diali Kaba's mother woke her up on Thursday morning with terrifying news: There had been a fire at the hospital in their town in Senegal where Kaba's two-week-old daughter was being cared for, and 11 babies were dead.
The two women rushed to the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital together and Kaba was allowed in to find out if her child was among the victims, while her mother Ndeye Absa Gueye waited anxiously outside.
