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Lieutenant General Ajith Nilakantan, PVSM, Commandant of Army Hospital (Research and Referral), inaugurated a hands-on fetal invasive and therapeutic workshop at the hospital on Friday.
The workshop was conducted by the Maternal-Fetal Medicine subdivision of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Army Hospital (R&R) and was attended by 70 civilian delegates and 15 officers of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). It included a lecture and demonstration of invasive procedures such as amniocentesis, chorionic villous sampling, cordocentesis, fetal reduction, and intrauterine transfusion. The workshop was followed by hands-on training for all participants using high-fidelity humanoid mannequins. Earlier in April this year, General Manoj Pande, the Chief of the Army Staff, inaugurated new enhanced facilities at Army Hospital (R&R). The COAS also unveiled the newly expanded Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) and Sports Medicine. Army Hospital (R&R) is known to be a premier establishment as far as healthcare facilities in the armed forces are concerned. (ANI)
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