No distinction in medical services for serving, retired: Army Commander to veterans

Lt Gen Nain has written, “These are difficult times as the second surge of Covid is raging across the country. I reach out to you to assure each one that the Army is making every effort to ameliorate any Covid-related difficulty that our veterans and their families are experiencing. Collectively, we will overcome this challenge. Our medical facilities are being expeditiously expanded. There will be no distinction between the serving and veterans in extending medical treatment…”

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The letter added, “To reduce exposure to infection, for non-Covid medical requirement, I urge you to utilise http://www.sehatopd.in for access to speedy med advice. Ex-Serviceman Cells and Nodal Officers have been nominated in every station to help our veterans.”

With the recent surge in Covid cases in the Nation Lt Gen JS Nain GOC-IN-C Southern Command sends a personal message to all Veterans & their families & assure them of Army’s full support on Covid issues.ESM cells/Nodal Officers have been tasked in every station to help Veterans. pic.twitter.com/13S1th7ZdL

— Southern Command INDIAN ARMY (@IaSouthern) April 24, 2021

The letter has received a large number of replies from veterans and ex-serviceman community, officials from the Southern Command said.
In reply to Gen Nain’s letter, Pune-based octogenarian veteran Lt Gen BT Pandit (Retd) said, “I am writing this to you as one of the eldest (88 years) veterans settled in Pune. Your latest note to our fraternity is extremely timely and has brought with it that invaluable sense of security and pride in belonging to our great service. Your entire staff also will surely have grasped the sincerity of purpose and can be expected to imbibe it in letter and spirit.”

Lt Gen Pandit added, “On our part, most would appreciate the gravity of the situation and the constraints of shortage of resources and capacity. I am confident that the large majority of veteran fraternity will be ready to bear with fair share of hardship and fully cooperate with the authorities. Our frontline fighters are doing a great job of which every one of us feels proud. I am sanguine that together we will defeat this scourge of coronavirus sooner than later.”