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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) has been totally revamped and modernized after a lot of effort.
On a social media website Twitter today, he appreciated and congratulated the KTH Board and management for their efforts.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said, “It is easy to build a new state-of-the-art hospital, but very difficult to fix our existing government hospitals.”
Khyber Teaching Hospital has been totally revamped and modernised after a lot of effort. It is easy to build a new state of the art hospital; but very difficult to fix our existing government hospitals. I want to congratulate the KTH Board and management for their efforts. pic.twitter.com/QbuhS1X0fP
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 10, 2021
Khyber Teaching Hospital is a university hospital and the primary teaching affiliate of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar. KTH is one of the largest hospitals in the country. As a tertiary healthcare 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 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.
In December, seven officials of KTH including the medical facility’s director were suspended after an inquiry report found them negligent in performing their duties, which resulted in the deaths of six Covid-19 patients due to the shortage of oxygen supply.
A day earlier, six Covid-19 patients died at the KTH as the oxygen supply at the medical institution ran out. Immediately after the incident, the provincial government ordered the hospital’s Board of Governors (BoG) to submit a report within 48 hours. However, the preliminary inquiry report was handed over to K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan within a day.