• The 60 Parachute Field Hospital in Uttar Pradesh has been selected for the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 for its excellent work in disaster management.

• Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar was conceived in the year 2018-19.

• The Centre has instituted the award to recognise and honour the invaluable contribution and selfless service rendered by individuals and organisations in India in the field of disaster management.

• The award carries a cash prize of Rs 51 lakh and a certificate in case of an institution and Rs 5 lakh and a certificate in case of an individual.

• The award is announced every year on January 23, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

60 Parachute Field Hospital

• The 60 Parachute Field Hospital was established in 1942. It is the sole airborne medical establishment of the Indian Armed Forces, recognised for its exceptional service in various global crises.

• The primary mission includes humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations during natural calamities, nationally and internationally, both in times of peace and war.

• It had provided medical assistance during the Uttarakhand floods (2013), Nepal earthquake under the operation name ‘Maitri’ (2015) and Indonesian tsunami as part of operation Samudra Maitri (2018).

• In response to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February 2023, the unit had rapidly assembled a 99-member team and established India’s pioneering level-2 medical facility in Turkey overcoming resource constraints and language barrier to set up a 30 bed hospital in Hatay province’s school building.

• The unit provided a wide range of medical services, including rescue, triage, surgery, dental treatment, X-ray and lab facilities and offered care to 3,600 patients during a 12-day period as a part of ‘Operation Dost’.

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