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{{Infobox hospital
| name = Army Hospital Research and Referral
| logo = Army_Hospital_Research_and_Referral.svg
| logo_size = 150
| location = New Delhi
| country = IN
| funding = Government
| type = Armed forces hospital, teaching centre, nursing college
| beds = 1000+
| constructed = Late 1980s
| other_links = [[List of Armed Forces Hospitals In India]]
| healthcare = Public
| coordinates = {{coord|28.583814|N|77.158569|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}
}}

'''Army Hospital (Research And Referral)''', also known as '''Army Hospital (R&R)''', '''AH (R&R)''' and '''RR Hospital''', is the apex flagship medical care centre for the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. Completed in the mid 1990s, the hospital, which includes a teaching hospital and nursing college, is located in [[Delhi Cantonment]], New Delhi. It is the only Armed Forces Medical Services hospital to be commanded by a [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] rank officer and provides for 27 sub-specialties.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Saxena|first=Sangeeta|date=17 November 2018|title=Army R&R Hospital: AMC's jewel in the crown|url=https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/army-rr-hospital-amcs-jewel-in-the-crown/|access-date=2020-09-21|website=www.aviation-defence-universe.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2020-07-26|title=President donates ₹20 lakh to Army hospital to buy equipment to combat COVID-19|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-president-donates-20-lakh-to-army-hospital-to-buy-equipment-to-combat-covid-19/article32196394.ece|access-date=2020-09-21|issn=0971-751X|quote=The Army Hospital (Research and Referral) is the apex medical care centre for the armed forces of India.}}</ref> The hospital is also meant to cater to the [[President of India]] and the chiefs of the military.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Joseph|first=Josy|author-link=Josy Joseph|date=July 2000|title=Army hospital under cloud as 2 generals die|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/06josy1.htm|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Rediff}}</ref>

== About ==
The construction of the hospital was undertaken by the [[Military Engineer Services (India)|Military Engineer Services]] and private contractors. The work started in the late 1980s and was completed in the next few years. The hospital is one of the largest military hospitals in Asia, initially constructed with over 600 beds. Notably, the hospital treats the [[President of India]] and the chiefs of the military.<ref name=":3" />

In an interview in 2018, Lt. General U.K. Sharma, commandant of Army Hospital (R&R) said that, "We treat SAARC nation’s armed forces’ patients here too. There is a quota for each country. [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|MEA]] gives a sanction and payment comes from MEA. Exchange programme with [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS nations]] for doctors and para medics. There are two missions going to Uzbekistan and one to Egypt. Return visits are MEA-[[Ministry of Defence (India)|MOD]] joint decision".<ref name=":0" /> The first patient simulator in India was acquired by the hospital.<ref name=":0" /> The first cervical disc replacement and bi-level cervical disc replacement in Asia was carried out in the hospital's neurosurgery department in 2002 and 2003 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Katoch|first=S|date=2009|title=R & R Hospital : Cutting-edge Services|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2009/jan01-09/h12.html|access-date=2020-09-23|website=[[Sainik Samachar]]}}</ref> The assisted reproductive technology facility at the hospital undertook 500 test tube pregnancies in 2012 itself.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Pritha|date=16 December 2012|title=Delhi centre brings joy to Army homes: 500 test tube babies on way|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-centre-brings-joy-to-army-homes-500-test-tube-babies-on-way/1045924/|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Indian Express Archive}}</ref>

The Army Organ and Retrieval Transplantation Organisation (AORTA), formed in 2006, handles [[organ donation]]s at RR Hospital. In 2018, an entire unit of the [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]] submitted applications pledging their organs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 January 2018|agency=ANI|title=An entire Army unit just pledges their organs|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/an-entire-army-unit-just-pledges-their-organs/1230122|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Outlook India}}</ref> The conversion rate for organ donations at RR Hospital is among the best worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Sanchita|date=2008-02-02|title=Armed Forces among world's best donors|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/armed-forces-among-world-s-best-donors/story-CI71bBtEDFs4mzx4OogwsI.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Brigadier YP Bakshi was shot in Meerut; following his death, RR Hospital harvested his organs, liver, kidneys, eyes and heart valves.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|date=3 April 2008|title=Military operation|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20080414-military-operation-735860-2008-04-03|access-date=2020-10-09|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

=== Patients and deaths ===
Patients have included Field Marshal [[Sam Manekshaw]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singha|first=Tarun|date=11 September 2014|title=Sam Bahadur, The Indefatigable Field Marshal And His Tryst With Death|url=https://salute.co.in/sam-bahadur-the-indefatigable-field-marshal-and-his-tryst-with-death/|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Salute|language=en-US}}</ref> Wing Commander [[Abhinandan Varthaman]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gurung|first=Shaurya Karanbir|date=2 March 2019|title=Abhinandan is back but with a rib fracture and some bruises|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/abhinandan-is-back-but-with-a-rib-fracture-and-some-bruises/articleshow/68232959.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-09-23}}</ref> and [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-03|title=Sonia Gandhi stable and recovering at Army Hospital R&R in Delhi|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/sonia-gandhi-stable-and-recovering-at-army-hospital-rr-in-delhi/336870/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref> Notable people who have died at the hospital include: former President [[Pranab Mukherjee]];<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 August 2020|agency=PTI|title=Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/former-president-pranab-mukherjee-passes-away/20200831.htm|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref> [[Marshal of the Indian Air Force|Marshal]] [[Arjan Singh]], the only five-star rank officer of the Indian Air Force;<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 September 2017|title=Indian Air Force Marshal, 1965 War Hero Arjan Singh Dies at 98|url=https://thewire.in/government/indian-air-force-marshal-1965-war-hero-arjan-singh-dies-98|access-date=2020-09-21|website=The Wire}}</ref> former Navy Chief Admiral [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]];<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 November 2019|agency=PTI|title=Former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar Dies At 79|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ex-navy-chief-sushil-kumar-dies-after-brief-illness-2139662|access-date=2020-09-21|website=NDTV}}</ref> Lt. General [[Sagat Singh]];<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohan|first=P V S Jagan|date=12 October 2006|title=Remembering Sagat Singh (1918-2001)|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/personnel/martyrs/175-Sagat-Singh.html?fb_comment_id=1392315177451741_1937051759644744|access-date=2020-09-23|website=[[Bharat Rakshak]]}}</ref> and Colonel [[Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)|Narendra "Bull" Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Surendra|date=1 January 2021|title=Col Narendra 'Bull' Kumar who helped India secure Siachen Glacier passes away at 84|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/col-narendra-bull-kumar-who-helped-india-secure-siachen-glacier-passes-away-at-84/articleshow/80048471.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231135541/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/col-narendra-bull-kumar-who-helped-india-secure-siachen-glacier-passes-away-at-84/articleshow/80048471.cms |archive-date=2020-12-31 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was found alive after being buried under snow for six days in the [[Siachen Glacier]], was shifted to RR Hospital, where he died two days later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-09|title=Siachen survivor Hanumanthappa fights for life, India prays for him|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/he-triumphed-death-siachen-survivor-s-family-erupts-in-joy/story-5Fl1gRazZkLDLY8f0MffPN.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=MacAskill|first=Andrew|date=2016-02-11|title=Siachen avalanche survivor Hanumanthappa Koppad dies|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/BSEQ75KXuTzna21zNvoG9J/Siachen-braveheart-Lance-Naik-Hanamanthappa-Koppad-dead-arm.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> Naik Raj Kishor Singh, who was injured in the [[2016 Uri attack]], underwent treatment at RR Hospital, but soon after died due to injuries sustained during the attack.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Rahul|date=2016-09-30|title=Another soldier injured in Uri attack dies, death toll now 19|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/another-soldier-injured-in-uri-attack-dies-death-toll-now-19/story-rtGLQjUkDKYbayI7pRuNxL.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visits Siachen survivor Lance Naik Hanumanthappa at Army’s Research & Referral Hospital, in New Delhi on February 09, 2016. The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh is also seen (4).jpg|thumb|The Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits [[2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche|Siachen survivor Lance Naik Hanumanthappa]] at Army’s Research & Referral Hospital, in New Delhi on 9 February 2016. The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh is also seen.]]

=== Leadership ===
Commandant of Army Hospital (R&R):
* 2011 – Lt Gen K K Singh<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Suman|date=8 May 2012|title=20 Probationer Nurses Commissioned Into Military Nursing Service|url=https://www.chindits.org/2012/05/20-probationer-nurses-commissioned-into.html|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Chindits|language=en}}</ref>
* 2012 – Lt Gen AS Narula<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 2012|others=PIB (DW)|title=Lamp Lighting Ceremony|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2012/dec16-12/h16.htm|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Sainik Samachar}}</ref>
* 2014 – Lt Gen M K Unni<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 2014|title=Noble Profession|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2014/dec01-14/Sainik%20E-book%20English%20HTML%201-15%20December/files/basic-html/page18.html|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Sainik Samachar}}</ref>
* 2017 – Lt Gen A K Das<ref name=":2" />
* 2018 – Lt Gen U K Sharma<ref name=":0" />
* 2019 – Lt Gen Rajat Datta
*[https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2020/8/1/Lt-Gen-Joy-Chatterjee-is-new-Commandant-of-Army-Hospital-R-R-.html 2020 - Lt Gen Joy Chatterjee]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Army Hospital (Research & Referral) Archives|url=https://newsstation.media/tag/army-hospital-research-referral/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=News Station|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite twitter |number=1410496944393179136 |title=On #NationalDoctorsDay, @FFOIndia has sent boxes of Tiranga🇮🇳 wristbands, lapel pins & masks to doctors at the Indian Army’s R&R Hospital as a token of our gratitude. Our CEO Maj Gen Ashim Kohli (retd) presented the boxes to the Commandant, Lt Gen Joy Chatterjee, VSM. @adgpi |user=ffoindia |access-date=2021-10-18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=29 nursing cadets commissioned as Lieutenants into Military Nursing Service|url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1763881|access-date=2021-10-18|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

== College of Nursing ==
Nursing students from '''College of Nursing, Army Hospital (R&R)''' are commissioned into the [[Military Nursing Service]] (MNS) as lieutenants. After being posted into the MNS, the lieutenants would go on to be posted across the nation in various [[List of Armed Forces Hospitals In India|Armed Forces Hospitals]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=25 September 2019|title=Commissioning ceremony of 2nd batch of B Sc (H) Nursing College of Nursing, Army Hospital (R&R) Delhi Cantt|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1586181|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Press Information Bureau (pib.gov.in)}}</ref> The first batch graduated on 24 August 2018 with a B Sc (H) Nursing degree,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-25|title=commissioning ceremony of first batch of BSC nursing college of nursing, army hospital (R&R)|url=https://www.punekarnews.in/commissioning-ceremony-of-first-batch-of-bsc-nursing-college-of-nursing-army-hospital-rr/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Punekar News|language=en-US}}</ref> while the second batch of 27 nursing students were commissioned on 25 September 2019.<ref name=":1" /> In 2017, the 58th batch of Probationer Nurses consisting of 28 nurses were commissioned into the MNS.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Wakankar|first=Nitin|date=2017|title=Probationer Nurses Commissioned into MNS|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/jun16-17/h12.htm|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Sainik Samachar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R), Lt. Gen. A.S. Narula in a group photograph with...|url=https://www.sarkarimirror.com/the-commandant-army-hospital-rr-lt-gen-a-s-narula-in-a-group-photograph-with-the-newly-commissioned-lieutenants-at-the-commissioning-ceremony-of-the-54th-batch-of-probationer-nurses-school-o|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Sarkari Mirror|language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Commons category}}
* [[List of Armed Forces Hospitals In India]]
* [[Command Hospital]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Military hospitals in India]]

Army Hospital Research and Referral - Revision history

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