🇮🇳 India's First Department of Military Medicine🥼🎖️🩺

🔹 Inaugurated: 29 July 2026 🔹 Inaugurated by: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh 🔹 Location: Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 🎯 Purpose India's first dedicated Department of Military Medicine has been established to strengthen military healthcare, medical research, and combat preparedness. 📌 Key Focus Areas • Military trauma & battlefield injury management • Combat psychiatry & mental health support • Disaster medicine & emergency response • CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & Explosive) defence • Operational medicine for extreme environments 🏥 Key Features ✅ Advanced simulation-based training for realistic battlefield scenarios ✅ Specialized academic, research, and operational hub ✅ Supports the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) across the Army, Navy, and Air Force 🌟 Why It Matters The department will enhance India's preparedness for modern warfare, humanitarian missions, mass-casualty incidents, and disaster response while developing highly trained military medical professionals. A significant step towards a future-ready, resilient, and technologically advanced military healthcare system. 🇮🇳