Senior General Min Aung Hlaing highlighted that Tatmadaw medical officers will also be required to serve alongside infantry combat troops in military operations and security duties for national defence.
The passing out parade of the 26th Intake of the Defence Services Medical Academy took place at the parade ground of the DSMA in Yangon yesterday. State Security and Peace Commission Chairman and Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech at the passing out parade.
The Senior General took the salute of the cadet battalions and inspected the graduate company. The cadet companies marched past the Senior General.
The Senior General presented the Best Cadet Award to cadet Aung Kyaw Moe, the Excellent Award in Training to cadet Swan Yi Hte and the Excellent Award in Studies to cadet Min Phone Thant Aung.
On the occasion, the Senior General delivered a speech. He said: Those cadets were urged to continue studying and refreshing the medical knowledge and skills they have acquired so that they remain highly competent, and to carry out their duties and objectives as members of the Tatmadaw medical corps successfully.
In addition, when the medical officers arrive at their respective assignments, they should not only provide healthcare services to Tatmadaw members and their family members, but also extend compassionate assistance to ethnic communities living across the Union. By doing so, the medical officers have to demonstrate the genuine goodwill and spirit of Tatmadaw.
Just as diagnostic equipment, treatment tools, medicines, and new therapies continue to advance and change, unusual and emerging diseases also persistently challenge the medical community.
The Defence Services Medical Academy is recognized by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) and provides medical education and knowledge in line with international curriculum standards.
To remain on par with international medical universities, postgraduate courses are being offered domestically, while scholarship students are also being sent abroad to study and train in modern medical sciences. At home, medical science conferences, academic exchange programmes, and workshops are being organized, and experience-sharing on military healthcare is being conducted with foreign experts.
In addition, medical research activities are being conducted extensively in accordance with international standards.
Therefore, they have to make efforts to ensure that in medical fields such as treatment, care, and prevention, Tatmadaw can keep pace with international armed forces.
As they are Tatmadaw medical officers, they must embody both the spirit of a good soldier and the ethics of a good doctor.
Just as they were trained to strictly uphold the 60 military codes of conduct to develop a strong soldier’s spirit, they were also trained to cultivate proper medical ethics, professional conduct, and sound values in addition to their medical studies.
As Tatmadaw medical officers, they will also be required to serve alongside infantry combat troops in military operations and security duties for national defence.
He emphasized that in building a Union based on democracy and a federal system, it is important not to simply copy the models of other countries, but to develop a democratic and federal system that suits the needs of the nation. Democracy is a system of governance chosen by the people, where the majority’s will is implemented, and the rights and views of minorities must also be respected. Federalism involves sharing authority and rights, with its essence being unity and harmony. To establish a Union grounded on democracy and federalism, a multiparty democratic system must thrive. Since the election process is essential for maintaining a multiparty democracy, a nationwide multiparty democratic general election, which is eagerly anticipated by the majority of the people, will be held starting on 28 December.
Therefore, when the medical officers arrive at their respective battalions or units, they must also contribute, within their assigned roles, to the processes required for successfully holding a free and fair election, ensuring that all eligible citizens can participate and cast their votes.
After taking the salute of the cadet companies, the Senior General left the parade ground.
Also present at the parade were Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, the wife of the Senior General; Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Zeya Kyaw Htin Htein Win and his wife, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Zeya Kyaw Htin Sithu Tun Aung and his wife, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, Union-level dignitaries, Union ministers and their wives, the commanders, the commandant of DSMA, officials from Mingaladon station, parents and relatives of the graduate cadets and guests.
After the parade, the Senior General met outstanding award-winning cadets and their parents at the DSMA Headquarters.
On the occasion, the Senior General said that the outstanding graduates of the Defence Services Medical Academy have to continue to diligently carry out the duties entrusted to them by the State and Tatmadaw through ongoing effort and dedication. While fulfilling their responsibilities, they are expected to strive to become capable leaders whom subordinates can trust and rely on, and to develop themselves so that they can be entrusted with greater responsibilities in the future.
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