A newborn girl was abducted by an unidentified woman from the paediatric ward of Mayo Hospital in Lahore on Thursday.
According to hospital sources, the suspect managed to evade the security staff, entered the ward, and carried the baby away.
The infant had been shifted from Lady Aitchison Hospital to Mayo Hospital for medical tests recommended by doctors. Her father, Qasim, a resident of Muridke, brought his two-day-old daughter for examinations after her delivery at Lady Aitchison.
Security cameras inside the hospital captured footage of the woman, which police are now reviewing. “We examined the security cameras that captured the suspect (woman),” the official adds, explaining that police teams have been deputed to trace the kidnapper with the help of both private and Punjab Safe Cities Authority cameras.
The CEO of Mayo Hospital informed reporters that a committee had been established to examine staff negligence and lapses after the incident, while the hospital’s administration also notified the police.
The inquiry, he said, will be headed by senior doctor Prof Imran Hassan, while the police have also been asked to investigate the abduction.
A similar case had been reported earlier at the Lahore General Hospital, where a woman kidnapped a newborn.
However, the woman was taken into custody by the police, and the baby wasn’t found within 48 hours of the incident.