OBJECTIVES: Study aimed to identify the medication errors (wrong dose errors) in admitted pediatric patients in Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan. METHODS: The study was conducted as retrospective study by obtaining the data from the pediatric ward of Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan for period of three months i.e. May to July, 2016. Data was collected from the patients records and were analyzed for correction of doses prescribed to patients on the bases of age and body weight of each patient. RESULTS: A total of 203 patients were registered in the pediatric ward of Sandeman Provincial Hospital during the study period. Out of which majority of the respondents (n= 94, 46.3%) were between the age group of 1-6 years and with majority (n=118, 58.1%) were having body weight ranges 1-10kg and were male patients (n=107, 52.7%). The total number of medicines prescribed to all patients were 1036 and the average number of prescribed medicine per patients were 5 with 4 being the most frequent number (21.7%). of medicines prescribed. The results showed 50 (4.9%) medicines were prescribed with wrong dose.  CONCLUSIONS: Although the results of the study showed that there was only small no of the medicine were prescribed with wrong dose, yet it could be lethal to hospitalized patients whose condition may be critical and the wrong dose could contribute to worsen of the condition. Pharmacist working in the hospitals should thoroughly check the dose of all prescribed medicine to the patients in hospital.