Sahiwal Hospital’s Children’s Ward catches fire

Aneela.Riazuddin • October 9, 2026 • Pakistan

 A fire broke out in the children’s ward of a hospital in Sahiwal on Friday, prompting an emergency evacuation.

 

According to Rescue 1122, all children were safely evacuated from the ward. No further details about the incident were immediately available.

According to Principal Sahiwal Medical College, the fire was extinguished immeditaely, and no one was injured in the incident.

 

The cause of the fire remains unclear.

Further details are awaited.

In a similar incident in 2024, a fire had broke out in the Children’s Ward of the Sahiwal Teaching Hospitay due to a short-circuit, killing two newborns and injuring two other children.

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