Infrastructure
Development
areas
of
focus
A comprehensive ‘Roadmap for
These
Modernisation of facilities.
and
Accreditation of AFMS hospitals’ has
with
also been put in place to further move
integrated
professional training and continuous
ahead
professional
will
healthcare delivery. Due emphasis has
excellence being
been placed on patient safety and
development
contribute to the
towards
safety
excellence
goals
have
in
achieved in the delivery of health care
patient
been
to the personnel and veterans of the
identified and monitored for ensuring
Armed Forces.
appropriate implementation.
We understand the importance
While a lot has been achieved
of keeping pace with contemporary
and planned for our brave soldiers we
developments.
are
have taken concrete steps to ensure
art
that our veterans who have spent the
equipment and appropriate expertise
best part of their lives looking after the
to provide optimal care to our clientele.
interest of our nation state are not left
We
out in receiving quality medical care
equipped
with
are
Our
hospitals
state
of
providing
the
high
end
technologically intensive services such
as
ART
(Assisted
services.
Reproductive
The ECHS became functional in
Techniques), Robotic surgery, Joint
2003 and this was designed on the
replacements,
Oncology
lines of CGHS. The Govt had initially
Bone
Transplantation
Marrow
services,
and
sanctioned 13 Regional Centres and
Rehabilitation prosthetic aids. Due
227
impetus has been provided to the
enhanced in 2010 with 15 more
modernisation of various levels of
Regional Centres and 199 Polyclinics
Armed
Forces
being
Field
Hospitals.
Hospitals
including
Polyclinics.
added.
ECHS
This
has
was
seen
is
phenomenal growth over last ten
encouraged by way of providing both
years. The scheme is being extended
the
conducive
to Nepal also. In the year 2013 there
environment foe carrying out research
were more than 40 lakhs ECHS
in the field of medical sciences and
beneficiaries who benefited out of this
technology in association with the
scheme.
Defence
Veterans wings being added to AFMS
facilities
Services
Research
ECHS
and
research
Development Organisation.
and
There
are
proposals
of
hospitals. Each such wing will have
around 100 beds and to start with 09