Sheikh Zayed Hospital of 741 beds having all the tertiary level Health Care Facilities is affiliated with the Medical College. This Hospital was established in 1928 as a Civil Hospital in the Municipal Committee building with 50 beds. In 1952, hospital was shifted into the present DHQ building as DHQ Hospital with bed strength of 62. On the up-gradation of hospital the bed strength was increased up to 144 beds in 1974 and 354 beds in 1978.
Sheikh Zayed Hospital Complex consisting of existing facilities and 286 beds was established as Phase-I in 1986 and Phase-II in 1998 with the kind assistance and patronage of His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the Sultan of Abu Dhabi, a great friend of Pakistan. In 1991 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan visited the facilities of this institution and recognized medicine and surgery departments for fellowship training program.
The quality of health care in all aspects and number of beds were increased in different phases to a 640 beds hospital at present, with state of the art casualty department. This number will increase up to more than 1000 beds in a few years.