 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.Khyber Medical College, an undergraduate institution, has been improving the quality of service provided to the patients.