DLP Report
PESHAWAR
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Healthcare Commission (KP-HCC) has released its performance data covering the period from April 2022 to April 2025, claiming substantial progress in the regulation and improvement of healthcare services across the province.
According to Commission spokesperson Azm Rehman, a total of 19,612 medical centers were registered over the past three years. This marks a significant jump from 2022, when only 7,717 registrations had been recorded.
The Healthcare Commission, originally established in 2002, had not issued a single license to any medical center in its first two decades. However, a comprehensive licensing process was initiated in the last three years, involving multiple evaluation stages to ensure healthcare quality standards are met.
During this period, the Commission issued 82 full licenses and 519 interim licenses to eligible medical centers. In addition, 2,431 centers were sealed for violating healthcare standards, while 3,131 citizen complaints were resolved under the commission’s rules.
Efforts to improve healthcare infrastructure also included the geo-tagging of 38,443 medical centers and the training of 907 staff from various facilities on healthcare quality standards.
Dr. Shafai Haider, Director Registration at KPHCC, credited the dedication of commission staff for these achievements despite limited resources. He highlighted several key milestones, including the introduction of an online registration system, stringent quality checks, and firm action against unauthorized practices.
Dr. Haider explained that the licensing process is rigorous and begins with staff training on healthcare quality standards. Medical centers are then given time to implement these standards before undergoing inspection by a team of experts. If a facility fails the initial inspection, it is granted another opportunity to improve. Only in cases of major violations is a facility sealed.
He emphasized that the commission’s goal is not to police medical institutions, but to support them in delivering safe and quality healthcare services to the public. “In the past three years, the Commission has assessed 258 medical centers for licensing, which is a significant milestone,” Dr. Haider added.
