PNS Shifa Hospital

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PNS Shifa
Pakistan Navy emblem.svg
Badge of Pakistan Navy
Active1953;71 years ago (1953)
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
BranchNaval Standard of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Navy
TypeMilitary hospital
Size886 Bedded Hospital in 2023
Garrison/HQ Clifton, Sindh, Pakistan
Nickname(s)SHIFA

The Pakistan Navy Station Shifa (reporting name:PNS Shifa) is a military hospital located in the Clifton Cantonment in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [1]

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The Pakistan Navy identify the PNS Shifa its premium medical training facility and distinguished as "Pakistan Navy Medical Training School." [2]

History

Pakistan Navy Medical Training School

The Pakistan Navy Medical Training School (reporting name: MTS) is a direct reporting detachment and the military medical school that was established with the crucial help from the British Royal Navy's Medical Service in 1953. [2] Since then, the PNS Shifa has been a military medical training institution and has been repurposed several times with Navy's intend to build the facility as a medical school for the Navy. [2] In 1970, it was known as Medical Assistant Training School and, later, as "Pakistan Navy Nursing School" in 1982. [2]

In 2006, it was renamed to its current name and began providing teachings and instructions to the postgraduate medical students when the facility was expanded from 600-beds to 800-beds.. [3] [4]

The Pakistan Navy Medical Training School is an accredited medical school by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan and the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council which certifies the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree programs. [5] Unlike its sister college, Army Medical College in Rawalpindi, the Navy Medical School's admission and enrollment is restricted to the military personnel. [2]

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References

  1. "PNS SHIFA Hospital · Main Korangi Rd، near Kala Pul, Clifton, Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan". PNS SHIFA Hospital · Main Korangi Rd، near Kala Pul, Clifton, Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "PNS Shifa" . Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. "(Chief of the Naval Staff) CNS Zaka inaugurates advanced cardiac unit at PNS Shifa". The News International (newspaper). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. "PNS Shifa Hospital". Pakistan Navy, Government of Pakistan website. 2 July 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. PNS Shifa is an accredited hospital by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 25 February 2022

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