President pledges new chapter for field of Military Medicine

 

Commencing a new chapter in military medicine, a separate unit would be established to send military personnel overseas to help out at the times of health disasters, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday evening (Feb.24).

Further, he said that it is established in addition to the group that is sent at the times of natural disasters. He also said that plans are afoot to send a group of military personnel to Turkey to assist at this time of health disaster, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.

He made these observation addressing at the inauguration ceremony of the 6th annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine (SLCOMM) under the theme of ‘Resilience of Military Medicine In the Times of Crisis’ held at the Eagles Lagoon in Katunayake, the PMD said.

He also mentioned that the government had sent a group of military personnel to Nepal. They were sent at the times of natural disasters. ‘But I’m looking at the possibility of using our military medical personnel to send abroad when the people are faced with health disasters’ the President said.