A large number of nurses from different hospitals held a sit-in on the Mall Road demanding that the PML-N government regularise their services.
The police used batons to disperse them as the sit-in caused a massive traffic jam on the Lahore's busiest road.
Four nurses including a pregnant woman were injured in the incident. They were later admitted to Services Hospital.
"The pregnant woman lost her baby but we have saved her life," Director-General Health Dr Zahid Pervez told PTI.
Nurses of all public sector hospitals have gone on strike, following the incident.
Later, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.
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