ABBOTTABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif emphasised that Army Medical Corps (AMC) has always answered the call of duty during national calamities both inland and abroad including disaster management. He said this while visiting Army Medical Centre, Abbottabad. According to ISPR, while interacting with the officers and men of Army Medical Corps, the COAS appreciated contributions and sacrifices of doctors and paramedic staff in improving the health care standards in peace and war, especially in fight against terrorism. The COAS lauded the efforts of AMC in upgradation of hospitals, especially the specialised treatment including liver transplant unit, hands and upper limbs surgery centre. Their training establishments like National University Medical Sciences (NUMS) and paramedics training institutes are serving our requirements of developing human resource and skill sets, the COAS said. 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, the COAS pinned the badges of rank on the shoulders of Lieutenant General Asif Mumtaz Sukhera to formally install him as colonel commandant of Army Medical Corps. Earlier, the COAS laid a floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada and offered Fateha.
