Story highlights Preliminary report suggests fire was caused by an electrical fault

The blaze is the latest tragedy to fuel Iraqi public anger at inept governance

(CNN) Shaima Hussein should have left Baghdad's Yarmouk hospital on Wednesday cradling her newborn son, her firstborn, conceived after years of struggle.

For years, Hussein and her husband, Moad, tried desperately to conceive. They went into debt and sold their car to pay for in-vitro fertilization.

Yman, their miracle baby, was born Tuesday via cesarean section.

"I can't describe the feeling. I didn't care if it was a boy or girl," she said. "I wanted to give my child the best life, the best things."

Less than a day later, he was gone, and Hussein left the hospital clutching a bundle of paperwork, the bureaucratic remains of a young life cut short.

Read More