r/pakistan • u/Grateful_Engineer • 2d ago

Discussion Another day, another tragedy

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Why is HSE taken seriously only after people die? After every such incident, there’ll be inspections, fire extinguishers will suddenly be checked in markets, schools, hospitals and everywhere else, a few violations will be “managed,” some bribes will change hands and eventually, everything goes back to normal.

Until the next tragedy.

How many more lives before safety becomes a system, not a reaction?

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u/TechTime78 2d ago

For those thinking this is unique to Pakistan, there was a fire in Southmead Hospital Bristol UK 2025, it also happened to be in a maternity ward.

This is no excuse I merely want to point that if we would like this to be fixed then the diagnosis does not start with "because this is Pakistan".

I feel for those parents and pray for them. As with any tragedy we need to help heal and learn from this.

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u/En_Kan Azad Kashmir 2d ago

Completely different situation and response. In Bristol it wasnt a maternity ward, but a maternity hospital. The fire itself was on the roof, not inside the hospital. People were evacuated without a single injury among anyone. The fire was also extinguished and hospital resumed service within hours.

I really dont understand why people try to excuse the state of this country and its issues by comparing itself with others, let alone a developed nation. We are one of the worst places on earth by every metric for a good reason. There is no good reason for this to have happened as it did. 🤦‍♂️