In a prestigious ceremony held in New Delhi on March 19, 2024, the Raksha Mantri Trophy for the Best and Second Best Command Hospitals of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2022 was presented by Director General Armed Forces Medical Services and Senior Colonel Comdt, Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant General Daljit Singh.
The Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, and the Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, were honored as the Best and Second Best Command Hospitals for their exemplary performance in the year 2022.
The event, graced by distinguished members of the AFMS leadership and esteemed guests, served as a platform to recognize and commend the outstanding contributions of these medical institutions to the healthcare services provided by the armed forces.
Lieutenant General Daljit Singh, while presenting the awards, applauded the exceptional performance of the two hospitals and acknowledged the commendable services rendered by the AFMS across various domains, including combat medical support and state-of-the-art healthcare services.
Highlighting the versatility and preparedness of the AFMS to meet diverse challenges, Lieutenant General Daljit Singh emphasized the pivotal role played by the medical corps in providing medical support during both operational deployments and peacetime.
He reaffirmed the AFMS’s unwavering commitment to excellence and professionalism, underscoring its readiness to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief whenever called upon.
Furthermore, Lieutenant General Daljit Singh announced the expansion of the competition from the year 2023 onwards, with the inclusion of the Army Institute of Cardio-Thoracic Sciences (AICTS), Pune, and the Base Hospital Delhi Cantt. This decision aims to further enhance the spirit of healthy competition among AFMS hospitals and foster continuous improvement in healthcare services.
The award ceremony, attended by high-ranking officials and dignitaries from the AFMS and related departments, symbolized the AFMS’s dedication to upholding the highest standards of medical care and service excellence. It also underscored the importance of recognizing and promoting excellence in healthcare delivery within the armed forces community.
The Raksha Mantri Trophy, instituted in 1989, holds significant prestige within the AFMS and serves as a symbol of recognition for hospitals that demonstrate exceptional performance and commitment to excellence.
The selection process for the award involves a rigorous assessment based on objective performance indicators, ensuring transparency and fairness in the evaluation process.
As the AFMS continues its mission to provide quality healthcare services to armed forces personnel and their families, the Raksha Mantri Trophy serves as a beacon of inspiration, motivating hospitals to strive for continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare delivery. Through such initiatives, the AFMS reaffirms its commitment to the well-being and welfare of those serving in the defense of the nation.
While carrying out the assesment of various Command Hospitals for RM’s trophy, due weightage should be given to services rendered to Veterans fraternity by obtaining a feedback from RSBs/ZSBs. DGAFMS should approach MOD/DESW to review or carry out an objective assessment of ECHS scheme. To make it more objective and veterans friendly, it should be controlled by Med br only. More funds and additional men and material resources be allocated to Service Hospitals and list of dependents of Veterans Must be truncated ruthlessly. Twenty years is too long a period to sort out so called gestational problems.
Well done base hospital delhi cantt ; keep it up the spirit of serving the needy like poor families of other ranks who can’t afford costly treatment outside in big hospitals. I have been visiting Nephro Dept and found Groupy Jha serves beyond humanity he is very nicely treat the patients and needs to be commended.
Well deserved.CHSC is excellent and takes good care of the patients.The ambience as well as the efficiency are top class.
It’s always a pleasure to visit the hospital as care and service are guaranteed
I strongly object to their attitude to leave out THE MNS OFFR swho would have put their souls to achieve this. Skill and intellectual exploitation. No human rights in this play a role.
Lt col D kalaiarasi (retd)
Heartiest congratulations to Comdt and Staff of CH( SC) on a well deserved recognition of the med services provided by them. As a veteran resident of Pune , I and my family have been receiving excellent medical care from CH ( SC ) as well as AICTCE.Both hospitals have provided us with medical care over the last 15 years and in fact have given me a second lease of life when in Sep 2014 I was virtually on my deathbed..I cannot thank them enough and they deserve all the praise and greater laurels going forward. Heartiest congratations once again and I am confident this recognition will motivate and inspire them to do even better in time to come. THANK YOU ALL.
Dear Gen
Not in one place the NARI SHAKTHI behind the trophy. Commandant would have left no stones unturned and spared any NURSING OFFICER.But for POSING WITH THE TROPHY THENURSING OFFICERS ARE NOT REQUIRED. PURE EXPLOITATION OF SKILLS AND LABOUR. I am sure we are in the era to spk in IPR terms. JUST APPRECIATING IN MEETING WILL NOT BRING THE NURSING OFFICERS EFFORTS TO LIME LIGHT.
Congratulations and best wishes to the Entire Administration and Staff of Command Hospital Pune, for excellent quality of service they provide. Being settled in Kondhwa, Pune I am a recipient of their services. It’s a truly deserving honour.
Congratulations to Command Hospital Lucknow for their achievements.
Colonel Ramesh Ramakrishnan (Retd)
I really wondered without MNS officer’s involvement how did this happened.
I strongly object to their attitude to leave out THE MNS OFFR swho would have put their souls to achieve this. Skill and intellectual exploitation. No human rights in this play a role.
Lt col D kalaiarasi (retd)
Congratulations to both CH(SC) Pune and CH(CC) Lucknow on achieving the prestigious Rakhsha Mantri award for the best command hospitals of AFMS. The pictures are nice. But unfortunately no nursing officers are seen in the pictures, even though I am sure they must have put in the maximum effort in the upkeep of the hospitals to win this award. Me being a retired nursing officer, know how much we used to work in the upkeep of the hospitals especially when such occasion arose. It is disheartening to see that not even the Principal Matron of both the hospitals are seen in any of the photo put up. Lt Col Jamuna Nagarajan (retd)