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PNS Shifa Hospital

Coordinates: 24°50′14″N 67°03′01″E / 24.837087°N 67.050172°E / 24.837087; 67.050172
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PNS Shifa
Badge of Pakistan Navy
Active1953; 71 years ago (1953)
CountryPakistan Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Navy
TypeMilitary hospital
Size886 Bedded Hospital in 2023
Garrison/HQClifton, 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]

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

History

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Pakistan Navy Medical Training School

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The Pakistan Navy Medical Training School 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.[5]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b c d "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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24°50′14″N 67°03′01″E / 24.837087°N 67.050172°E / 24.837087; 67.050172