Khyber Teaching Hospital, also known as "Sherpao Hospital" (Urdu: خیبر تدریسی ہسپتال, Pashto: د خیبر تدريسي روغتون, abbreviated as KTH), is a university hospital and the primary teaching affiliate of Khyber Medical College.[1][2][3]
| Khyber Teaching Hospital KTH خیبر تدریسی ہسپتال | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Teaching Hospital |
| Affiliated university | |
| Services | |
| Standards | ISO 9001 |
| Emergency department | Casualty 100 Beds with a major revamp in 2019 |
| Beds | 1600 |
| History | |
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| Opened | 1976 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official Website |
| Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
KTH lies on the historic route that links up to the historic Khyber Pass. This is one of the largest hospitals in the country. As a tertiary health-care facility, KTH serves as a major referral center in the region. This facility serves a large population, both domestic and foreign, in the north west region of Pakistan as well as in north eastern Afghanistan.[4][5][6]
History
editKhyber Teaching Hospital, formerly Hayat Sherpao Teaching Hospital, was established in 1976 as a training and biomedical research facility for the medical students of the north western region of Pakistan, as well as the teaching affiliate of Khyber Medical College.
The hospital was commissioned in 1976 for the development of scientific and research base of the Province. It is shaped like an octagon with extensions of Y-shaped wings that form a wide number of its inpatient units. The present capacity of beds is 1600, with incremental increases every few years.
A major revamp and reconstruction of its emergency facilities had begun in 2013. Restructuring and refurbishing of the entire hospital had been completed in 2021 with the establishment of a new Outpatients Department. This includes 16 procedures rooms for outpatients, pathology and diagnostic services, pharmacy, radiology, blood bank, laundry, and central sterile services department.
Under ground passage and the over-head bridge have made safer the smooth flow of patients and students between KMC, IRNUM and KTH.
Khyber Medical College, the first medical school of the province, came into existence in February, 1954. It necessitated the creation of a Teaching Hospital. Initially Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, the then district headquarters hospital, was utilized for the purpose. But sooner the need was felt to have a teaching hospital in close proximity to the college. Plan for such a hospital was initiated in 1958 and the idea finally materialized, when General Mohammad Musa, the Governor West Pakistan, laid the foundation stone of Khyber Teaching Hospital (at that time named as Ayub Teaching Hospital) on 30 November 1967.
School of Nursing Khyber Teaching Hospital also works as an allied institution with KTH for training of student nurses since inception of the institution.
Management Council (MC)
editMC, formerly IMC (Institutional Management Committee), is a constituent body of the institution. The institution includes three major components:
- Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
- Khyber Medical College, Peshawar
- Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar
MC members
edit- Dean, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar (Formerly called as Chief Executive)
- Hospital Director (Member)
- Medical Director (Member)
- Principal, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar (Member)
- Director Finance, KTH, KMC, KCD, Peshawar (Member)
- Chairperson of Clinical departments (Members)
- Three Ex-Offico Members( Ex-officio & Public representatives)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar is accredited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 10 September 2022
- ^ KP's second eye bank set up at Khyber Teaching Hospital Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 December 2018, Retrieved 10 September 2022
- ^ Ashfaq Yusufzai (4 November 2020). "Khyber Teaching Hospital closes ward after virus infects 16 health workers". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar on Google Maps website Retrieved 10 September 2022
- ^ https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/1097534-healthcare-for-afghan-refugees [bare URL]
- ^ https://voicepk.net/2023/12/border-restrictions-compound-troubles-of-afghans-seeking-treatment-in-pakistani-hospitals/ [bare URL]