Armed Forces Medical Services officers retiring this year to get extension till Dec: Lt Gen Kanitkar
NEW DELHI: Around 200 Short Service Commission (SSC) officers with the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), due for retirement over the next seven months, will get an extension till December 31 in view of the Covid-19 situation in the country, a senior Army officer said on Sunday.
Lt Gen (Dr) Madhuri Kanitkar, who is part of the medical team under the Chief of Defence Staff, said they will be deployed for Covid-19 management programme initiated by the armed forces.
“Short Service Commission officers of the AFMS who are retiring in the next seven months will be given a unilateral extension. So, we have around 200 such medical officers, who were to retire, we will continue to have their services.
Armed Forces Medical Services officers retiring this year to get extension till December: Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar
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Armed Forces Medical Services officers retiring this year to get extension till December: Lt Gen Madhuri KanitkarPTI
Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 05:11 PM IST
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The orders for implementation of this plan are expected soon as the proposal is in advance stages of approval, said Lt Gen Kanitkar, the third women officer to have reached to the level of three-star general in the armed forces.
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Lt Gen (Dr) Madhuri Kanitkar, who is part of the medical team under the Chief of Defence Staff, said they will be deployed for Covid-19 management programme initiated by the armed forces.
Indian govt dismisses ‘incorrect’ media report cautioning Covid-19’s 2nd wave Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A forum of scientists of the Indian government today termed incorrect a media report that suggested that they had cautioned in early March about the more contagious second wave of Covid-19 but no attention was paid to it. The three scientists also acknowledged that they could not earlier predict the exact trajectory of the second wave because of the rapidly-changing nature of the virus, reports our New Delhi correspondent. The scientists are Manindra Agrawal, professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; Madhuri Kanitkar, deputy chief of Integrated Defense Staff and M Vidyasagar, professor of Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad.
Armed forces set to achieve 100% armour against COVID-19, says forces medical Dy Chief
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Last Updated: May 01, 2021, 01:46 PM IST
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Terming the COVID-19 vaccine as armour , Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Medical Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar on Saturday told ANI, Vaccine is armour in our battle against COVID-19.
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With liberalised vaccination regime coming into effect from Saturday, the Indian armed forces are set to attain the target of inoculation of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19. Terming the COVID-19 vaccine as armour , Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Medical Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar on Saturday told ANI, Vaccine is armour in our battle against COVID-19.
Armed forces set to achieve 100 per cent armour against COVID-19 ANI | Updated: May 01, 2021 13:19 IST
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New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): With liberalised vaccination regime coming into effect from Saturday, the Indian armed forces are set to attain the target of inoculation of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19.
Terming the COVID-19 vaccine as armour , Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Medical Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar on Saturday told ANI, Vaccine is armour in our battle against COVID-19.
Kanitkar also expressed gratitude towards the Centre and the union health ministry for prioritising the armed forces for vaccination. The armed forces are set to attain the target of inoculation of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19 because Prime Minister Narendra Modi really prioritised it. We are really grateful for that, Kanitkar said.