Army Hospital Referral and Research | |
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Geography | |
Location | New Delhi, India |
Coordinates | 28°35′02″N 77°09′31″E / 28.583814°N 77.158569°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | Armed forces hospital, teaching centre, nursing college |
Services | |
Beds | 600 (as of 1990s) |
History | |
Construction started | Late 1980s |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
Other links | List of Armed Forces Hospitals In India |
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 armed forces of India. 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 rank officer and provides for 27 sub-specialties.[1][2] The hospital is also meant to cater to the President of India and the chiefs of the military.[3]
The Army Hospital (Research and Referral) is the apex medical care centre for the armed forces of India.