India and Pakistan are united in spending citizen lives like pocket change

This week, three newborns died in a fire at a government hospital in Amravati, India, followed by fourteen similar deaths in Islamabad, Pakistan. The causes of the fires were different, but the stories of the parents are identical, highlighting institutional failures and a similar official response in both countries. Despite promises of compensation and inquiries, these tragedies reveal that the lives of vulnerable families are treated as expendable.