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31 May 2010

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New Director General of Medical Services (ARMY)

  
   Lt Gen HL Kakria has taken over as new  Director General of Medical Services (Army) from Lt Gen SR Mehta who has  retired. Lieutenant General HL Kakria, recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal  and Vishisht Seva medal did his MBBS from GSVM Medical College, Kanpur and  joined the Army Medical Corps on February 14, 1972. 

   He did his MS (General  Surgery) in 1980 and MS (Orthopedics) in 1989 from Pune University and stood  first in the University. He is an undergraduate and Post Graduate Teacher  and Examiner of MS (Orthopedics), Pune University as well as Teacher and  Examiner, DNB (Orthopedics) National Board of Examination, New Delhi. 

   He has  published numerous research papers on Orthopedics in different National and  International journals. He was awarded Major General Amir Chand award in  1990, for the best research work done in Orthopedics on Knee joint injuries  and his work has been appreciated the world over. He is an Executive Member  of Bone and Joint Decade (BJD) 2000-2010.
                  
   During his illustrious 38 years of service career, the  General Officer has held various appointments such as Graded Specialist  (Surgery), Classified Specialist (Surgery & Orthopedics), Senior Adviser
(Surgery & Orthopedics) and Consultant (Surgery & Orthopedics), in various  Service Hospitals as well as Field Medical Units of the Armed Forces Medical  Services. The General Officer, in addition to being an outstanding Surgeon  and teacher in the field of Surgery, has also held the senior administrative   appointments such as Commandant Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt, a very busy  hospital, Commandant ALC, Pune and Commandant, Command Hospital (SC) Pune,  yet another busy hospital. He had held the prestigious staff appointments as  Major General (Medical), HQ Southern Command, Pune prior to assuming the  appointment of commandant of AMC Centre and College Lucknow where Basic  Military Training is imparted to Medical Officers and Dental Officers of  Army/ Navy/ Air Force as well as members of MNS and the Paramedical Staff.
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