KMU INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES KOHAT
It is my proud privilege to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Kohat. As a medical professional, I have closely observed the evolving dynamics of the healthcare sector. One of the most pressing challenges we face today is the critical need for skilled and well-trained medical professionals—ranging from doctors and nursing staff to paramedical personnel and administrative managers. The demand for quality healthcare services is rapidly increasing, and meeting this demand requires a committed and competent workforce across all levels.
It is my proud privilege to be the Medical Superintendent of the Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Kohat. Being a Medical Professional I personally observes that there is a huge demand for Skilled & trained Medical Professionals including Doctors, Nursing Officers/staff, Paramedical Staff, and Managers/administrative team in the entire health care industry.
DHQ Teaching Hospital KDA Kohat was inaugurated on 12.09.2000 as Divisional Headquarter Hospital by the then Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr. Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, with limited staff and equipment mostly shifted from Liaqat Memorial / Women & Children Hospital Kohat. DHQ Teaching Hospital KDA Kohat is located on a Plateau at the foot of Kohat pass hills about 05 km North East of the old city of Kohat spread over an area of 242 kanals, having total beds strength of 449, of which 410 beds are functional presently, entertaining about 1500 patients pouring-in from District Kohat and adjoining districts of Karak, Hangu, newly merged Orakzai and Kurram districts, in OPDs and Accident & Emergency Department, on daily basis. The Hospital was declared a Teaching Institute for the medical faculty of KIMS in the year 2005. Initially, it was a Category-B hospital and in the year 2012, the hospital was elevated to the status of Category-A. The required infrastructure was completed in August 2017.
The citizens have demanded reconstruction of the building of Liaquat Memorial Hospital, which was built in 1951,and is now falling apart for want of repair. The general, surgical, medical wards and dentistry block of the hospital now named as Woman and Children Hospital are presenting a bad look where no major repairs have been done during last three decades. The doctors’ quarters are in dilapidated condition with no security and clean water. The successive governments have been making false promises to raise a new building for the hospital for last two decades, but to no avail.
