President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday lauded women officers serving in Indian Army’s medical corps for “proving” themselves in “extremely…
President of India Ram Nath Kovind (Photo: PIB)
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday lauded women officers serving in Indian Army’s medical corps for “proving” themselves in “extremely difficult situations”.
“Indian Armed Forces Medical Services has had women adorn the uniform as medical, dental and nursing officers since our Independence,” Kovind said in his address to the closing ceremony of 42nd World Congress of International Committee of Military Medicine.
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“And they have served and proved themselves in extremely difficult situations,” he added.
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Kovind further said that the medical corps of the Indian Army has been providing “stellar service” to the nation both in peace and war.
“Armed Forces Medical Services of India have been providing stellar service to the nation both in peace and war,” he said.
“For nearly a century now, International Committee of Military Medicine has been contributing to the practice of military medicine across the world,” he added.
“Uniformed medical services deliver health care in the most trying circumstances,” he said further.
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