Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital (WMAKH) is the largest teaching hospital in Afghanistan (210 beds), with the largest residency training programs in the country (general surgery, orthopedics, and internal medicine). It serves as the major referral and trauma center in Afghanistan, with approximately 600 patients admitted, 5,000 OPD consultations, and 750 surgical procedures monthly. The hospital was handed over to the Ministry of Public Health in 2005 after years of renovations by technicians from the Norwegian Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

A second section of the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Emergency Hospital was inaugurated after being provided with modern equipment, an official said.

The section has 20 beds, a pharmacy, an X-ray plant, and a laboratory equipped with sophisticated machines. In addition to improvement in health services, the department would enable patients to get treatment in Kabul instead of traveling abroad.14 emergency hospitals equipped with modern facilities had been established in Kabul and different provinces of the country.

Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan inaugurated the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital. The Intensive Care Unit of the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital was constructed with standards and equipped with all modern medical equipment