The Command Hospital in Pune was today awarded the Raksha Mantri's Trophy and citation for the 'Best Service Hospital' in the country with the second prize going to the Command Hospital in Lucknow.
The awards were received by Maj. Gen. TK Saha, Commandant, Command Hospital (SC), Pune, and Maj. Gen. AK Das, Commandant of Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar praised the yeoman service being rendered by the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) over the years both in war and peace.
He complimented AFMS for its excellent work in providing contemporary and comprehensive healthcare.
DG AFMS Lt Gen. BK Chopra, speaking on the occasion, highlighted the modernisation programme of the medical services and assured that the AFMS was fully prepared to meet any challenge.
The Raksha Mantri's Trophy was instituted in 1989 to create healthy competition among the Command Hospitals of the Army and its equivalent hospitals in the Navy and Air Force.
