AFMS trophy awarded to Western Command Hospital

Chandigarh, April 20

The Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and Citation for the best service hospital in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2017 has been awarded to the Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir.

The trophy was received by the Hospital Commandant, Major General Rashmi Datta, from the defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman at New Delhi on Friday. The hospital has won this trophy several times in the past.

The trophy was instituted in 1989 to create a healthy competition among the Command Hospitals of the Army and its equivalent hospitals in the Navy and Air Force. The best and second Best hospitals are adjudged on the basis of a number of objective criteria by a committee headed by Director General (Organisation and Personnel) with the Joint Secretary (Navy) in the Ministry of Defence being a member of the committee. — TNS