The Pakistan Navy Station Shifa (

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:PNS Shifa) is a military hospital located in the

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

History

Pakistan Navy Medical Training School

The Pakistan Navy Medical Training School (

: MTS) is a direct reporting detachment and the military medical school that was established with the crucial help from the British

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in 1953. 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. In 1970, it was known as Medical Assistant Training School and, later, as "Pakistan Navy Nursing School" in 1982. 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.. The Pakistan Navy Medical Training School is an accredited medical school by the

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (, abbreviated as CPSP) is a regulatory college established in 1962 by a special act of the Parliament of Pakistan to oversee the postgraduate medical education and professional development. It off ...

and the

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Pakistan Medical and Dental Council is a statutory regulatory authority that maintains the official register of medical practitioners in Pakistan. Its chief function is to establish uniform minimum standards of basic and higher qualifications ...

which certifies the

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(MBBS) and the

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(BSN) degree programs.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 Unlike its sister college,

Army Medical College The Army Medical College (AMC) is a military medical college located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. The medical college provides medical and dental education to its cadets before their commissioning in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps. His ...

in Rawalpindi, the Navy Medical School's admission and enrollment is restricted to the military personnel.

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* Hospitals in Karachi Pakistan Navy facilities Military medical facilities in Pakistan Hospitals established in 1953 {{Pakistan-hospital-stub

History

Pakistan Navy Medical Training School

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