As the desperation outside the hospital reached a breaking point, soldiers and police officers resorted to force to maintain control.
They formed a solid line, pushing back against the surging crowds with their ballistic shields, their expressions frustrated as they used violence against the people they swore to protect.
"Move back! You cannot enter!" shouted one of the officers, his voice drowned out by the scream of the crowd.
"I said move back, don't force us to hurt you!" Another officer screamed, his baton already raised as he smashed it into one of the people trying to squeeze their way in.
"Let us in, we also need help!"
"We're dying here! What is the government doing?"
"Are you just going to let us die here?"
"I have a daughter, please, she needs help!"
"Fuck you! Fuck the government, you're abandoning us!"
The people, driven by fear and desperation, refused to be deterred.