Khyber Teaching Hospital

Khyber Teaching Hospital, is a university hospital and the primary teaching affiliate of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, 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 major referral center in the region. This facility serves a large population, both domestic and foreign, in the North West of Pakistan as well as North Eastern Afghanistan. The more than 1200 bedded hospital has most of the major and minor medical and surgical departments.HistoryKhyber Teaching Hospital, formerly Hayat Shaheed 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 new teaching affiliate of the best medical school in the region, Khyber Medical College. Khyber Teaching Hospital has developed into a major health care facility in the regionThe hospital was commissioned in 1976 for the development of scientific and research base of the Province. It is an architectural marvel shaped in an octagon with extensions of Y shaped wings that form a wide number of its inpatient units. The present capacity of beds is 1202, with incremental increases every few years. As of September 2013, a major revamp and reconstruction of its emergency facilities is underway with a multi-storeyed building for the proposed Emergency Department and Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program. To facilitate smooth influx and patient transport, recently constructed under ground passage and the over-head bridge have made safer the smooth flow of patients and students between KMC, Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM) and KTH. From 1976 to 2000, constant up-gradations have taken place within the developmental phases of the 3 tertiary care hospitals of the city. As a result, these institutions have been transformed into more effective, viable and productive institutions benefiting patients, undergraduate and postgraduate trainees and are playing major role in the human resource development in the health sector for the region.