Army Chief visits Army Medical Center in Abbotabad

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif visited the Army Medical Center in Abbottabad on Friday. 

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing of the Pakistan Army, the COAS interacted with the officers and men of the Army Medical Corps (AMC). The Army Chief appreciated contributions and sacrifices of doctors and paramedic staff in improving the health care standards in peace and war especially in the fight against terrorism.

The Army Chief lauded the efforts of AMC in upgrading the hospitals in specialized fields including liver transplant unit, hands and upper limbs surgery center.

"Training establishments like the National University Medical Sciences (NUMS) and the paramedics training institutes are serving our requirements of developing human resource and skill sets," the COAS remarked.

The Army Chief emphasized, that AMC has always answered the call of duty during national calamities both inland and abroad and disaster management.

General Raheel Sharif further said that medical science is progressing at a rapid pace and it is imperative for doctors to keep themselves abreast to the latest development.

Later, COAS pinned the badges of rank on the shoulders of Lieutenant General Asif Mumtaz Sukhera to formally install him Colonel Commandant of Army Medical Corps.

Upon his arrival the COAS laid a floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada and offered Fateha.