Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital

Successful medical treatment of more than 4 Million People todate Approximately more than 0.35 million successful operations todate Approximately 1300 patients treated on a daily basis More than 120 doctors trained/grauated to alleviate the sufferings of the blind More than 0.3 million operations carried out during out reach progam/eye camps More than 1.5 million children successfully screened todate

What's New

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'Ocular Prosthesis 500 patients treated at Al-shifa annually more

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Al-Shifa Trust wins another award more

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'Eye Camp organised at Attock village more

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Universal Service Fund (USF) Contributed For Al-Shifa Trust Light House more

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Al-Shifa Trust Gets International AGFUND award more

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Sukkur Hospital Jump Starts towards self reliance more

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Pakistan Institute of Ophthlamology forges ahead in more

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Income generating project in progress more

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Record budget for year 2008-2009 more

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Multiple incentives for Employees more

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Muzaffarabd Hospital construction gaining momentum more

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Digital Library more

National Academy for Paramedics

National Academy of Paramedics is one of the first institutions in Pakistan which deals with training of ophthalmic paramedics and nurses in ophthalmology. Seven different courses are being run for different cadres. The eligibility criteria for each is set. Those completing the training have excellent job prospects within Al-Shifa as well as outside both in public and private sector. Our trained optometrists have already become resource persons in leading provincial institutions in Pakistan. Following are our seven courses:

Course	Last Date Of Application	Date Of Interview	Duration	Eligibility Criteria
Diploma Optometry	End of May	2nd week of June	Two years	F.Sc.
Diploma Orthoptics	End of February	2nd week of March	One year	F.Sc preferable Dip. Optometry/MBBS
Diploma Ophthalmic Technician	End of February	2nd week of March	One year	F.Sc
Diploma Ophthalmic Nursing	End of November/May	2nd week of December	Six months	Graduation in General Nursing
Nursing Assistant	End of November/May	2nd week of December	Six months	Matric (O level) with science
Biomedical Technician	End of November/May	2nd week of December	Six months	Diploma in Associ- ate Engineer
Refractionist Course	End of November/May	2nd week of December	Six months	F.Sc Preferably a practicing optician

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No of patients treated in Al-Shifa since inception 4,753,437(Last Updated on May 04, 2008)