New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The distraught family members of those missing since the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station frantically searched for their loved ones, running from one hospital to another, carrying their photos and not knowing what to do.

Many said the hospitals did not allow them to search for their missing family members among the patients admitted there, turning their hopes into despair.

The stampede at the railway station on Saturday evening killed 18, according to officials. The injured persons were admitted to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital (LNJP) and the Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital in Central Delhi.

Authorities at the hospital are showing the families the lists of the injured admitted there, and ...