The incident occurred in Saidu Sharif hospital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where an oxygen cylinder exploded in the medical facility’s children ward.
Those injured in the blast were transferred to the nearby hospitals and medical centers and are said to be out of danger.
Most of them suffered burn injuries, doctors said, as the powerful blast shattered windowpanes of the ward.
About nature of the explosion, hospital administration claimed it was an oxygen cylinder blast, adding investigations have been initiated.
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