GUWAHATI, April 17: The Army Base Hospital has once again won the prestigious Army Commander’s trophy this year. The trophy was presented by Lt Gen VK Singh, GOC-in-C, HQ Eastern Command, Kolkata, to Brig Ved Chaturvedi, Commandant, 151 Base Hospital, at HQ Eastern Command, Kolkata recently. This running trophy is awarded every year to the zonal hospital adjudged the best in the Eastern Command.

The 151 Base Hospital is commanded by Brig Ved Chaturvedi, a rheumatologist of international fame. This is the largest and the most prestigious zonal hospital of the North-east. It is a 699-bed multi-speciality hospital, serving almost 80,000 people including present and retired personnel of the Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces like GREF and Assam Rifles in the northeastern region.

The hospital has a large modern polyclinic and in accident and trauma service centre. The hospital is well equipped with the facilities of laparoscopic surgery, operating microscope, phacoemulcification equipment for cataract surgery and auto analyzers. There are well quipped operation theatres with modern anaesthesia machines and ICU with latest monitoring devices.

The hospital is backed by a well-motivated and professionally competent team of medical and paramedical staff to provide the best care to patients fulfilling the Esprit-de-corps of “Sarvey Santu Niramya”.
The Base Hospital, Basistha, is also a training centre for medical and paramedical staff and has also played a significant role in imparting disaster management training to post graduate students of Guwahati Medical College and nursing assistant cadres.

The inspecting team for the award has appreciated the all-round development of the hospital in fields of telemedicine, renovation of the hospital dispensary, patients’ guest rooms for comfortable stay of relatives of patients from outside, state-of-the-art facilities for bio-medical waste management, renovation of wards, departments, officers’ mess and the hospital garden.

By The Sentinel, 19th, Apr' 2008