{"id":9713,"date":"2026-04-07T01:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9713"},"modified":"2026-04-07T01:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:19:05","slug":"130073537-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9713","title":{"rendered":"Rajnath lays foundation stones for 3 new centres at R&#038;R, new infra at Base Hospital | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130073534,imgsize-1431843,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130073534.jpg\" alt=\"Rajnath lays foundation stones for 3 new centres at R&amp;R, new infra at Base Hospital\" title=\".\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Defence minister <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajnath-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajnath Singh<\/a> on Monday laid the foundation stones for ophthalmology, oncology and joint replacement centres at Army Hospital (Research &amp; Referral) and new infrastructure at Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Speaking at the 262nd Army Medical Corps Raising Day celebrations, Rajnath said, \u201cMilitary medical services within the country and neighbouring nations have emerged as a powerful testament to India\u2019s soft power.\u201d Encouraging the Army Medical Corps, he said, \u201cInnovation, capacity-building and integration of advanced technology are a must to meet emerging military medicine challenges.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The state-of-the-art facilities at Army Hospital (Research &amp; Referral) will aim to significantly enhance tertiary care capabilities of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), particularly in domains of advanced eye care, cancer treatment and complex joint replacement surgeries, while the new infrastructure at Base Hospital is being developed to create a capacity of 998 beds along with an additional 100 crisis expansion beds, to address routine and emergency healthcare requirements of defence forces personnel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Rajnath said, \u201cIn today&#8217;s world, security isn&#8217;t just about protecting borders; health security is equally important. Strong medical support plays a crucial role in the success of major operations like Operation Sindoor. When soldiers are sure that they will have access to quality medical facilities under all circumstances, they can confidently complete their missions.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/rajnath-lays-foundation-stones-for-3-new-centres-at-rr-new-infra-at-base-hospital\/articleshow\/130073537.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday laid the foundation stones for ophthalmology, oncology&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24321,24323,724,24322,723,24324,719,720,721,4047,722],"class_list":["post-9713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-army-hospital-research-referral","tag-army-medical-corps","tag-breaking-news","tag-defence-minister","tag-google-news","tag-health-security","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-rajnath-singh","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}