MS DHQ Hospital, CEO Health arrested after deaths of 20 children in Pakpattan
- 04-Jul-2025
PAKPATTAN: Medical Superintendent (MS) of District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Pakpattan, Dr. Adnan Ghaffar, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health, Dr. Sohail Asghar were arrested, on Friday, on the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif following the deaths of 20 children, mostly newborns, in Pakpattan. The arrests were ordered during an unannounced visit by […]
Punjab records three more child deaths due to pneumonia
- 29-Jan-2024
Pneumonia claimed three more lives of children during the past 24 hours in Punjab, ARY News reported quoting the health department on Monday. According to the Punjab Health Department, a total of 801 new pneumonia cases were reported across the province in the last 24 hours. Over the current month, Punjab has reported 243 pneumonia-related […]
WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die
- 06-Oct-2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert Wednesday over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. The UN health agency also cautioned the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, with […]
More than 150 children dead in Zimbabwe measles outbreak
- 17-Aug-2022
HARARE: A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the country, the government said on Tuesday. Cases have been growing rapidly in the southern African nation since authorities said the first infection was logged earlier this month, with reported deaths almost doubling in less than […]
3 children die mysteriously in public hospital of Bahawalnagar
- 17-Sep-2021
BAHAWALNAGAR: Three children have mysteriously died in a terrible turn of events taking place in the Fort Abbas town’s Tehsil headquarter hospital, ARY News reported Friday. The deputy commissioner of Bahawalnagar has taken cognizance of the matter however the reason(s) behind the demise of the minors has not yet been determined. How or why the children […]
Sorcery rituals lead to death of two children
- 16-Feb-2020
Two children died while two others remained admitted at a hospital in critical condition as sorcery rituals were allegedly performed on them.
Chunian: Mobs surround police station in protest against children killing
- 18-Sep-2019
On Tuesday, police was informed about a body in a ditch. Later, the police also recovered remains of two more minors from the sand dunes.
Govt not responsible of Thar children deaths, says Chandio
- 18-Jan-2016
KARACHI: Advisor to CM for Information, Maula Bux Chandio on Monday said that the Sindh government is not to be held responsible if a child dies in a Thar village, ARY News reported.
Another child dies in Sargodha district hospital
- 22-Nov-2014
SARGODHA: The number of children's deaths in Sargodha district headquarters hospital has reached to 18 in three days with another death in the hospital, ARY News reported on Saturday.
Children Deaths: Hospital Owner, two staffers detained
- 07-Jun-2014
KARACHI: Police has detained the owner and two employees of a hospital in Korangi, where four children lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen in incubators and ventilators, ARY News reported on Saturday. The police moved into action after deaths of four children in a private hospital in Korangi 2 1/2 area of […]