The Passing-out Parade of the 23rd Intake of Defence Services Medical Academy was held at the parade ground of the Defence Services Medical Academy-DSMA in Mingaladon on 21 December and Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech at the ceremony.
First, Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing inspected the graduation company after the cadet companies saluted the Senior General with slow-march past and quick-march past.
Afterward, Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing presented Best Cadet Award to Cadet Hein Tun Zaw, Excellent Award in Training to Cadet Min Khant Kyaw and Excellent Award in Studies to Cadet Kyaw Thura, respectively.
The excerpts from the speech delivered by Chairman of State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing are as follows –
- Medical officers produced by the Defence Services Medical Academy, are going to give health care services for all military men and their family members in their assigned region and respective battalions. If necessary, they must also be able to carry out the duty of military operation in the battle fields.
- Therefore, they should keep on learning hard the military subjects and literature to be able to apply in their practical field and from one corner, they all must also put into action of the mission of the military corps, "Make fit to fight."
- It is really necessary to take care of the health of not only the military men and their family members but also national groups with full of sincerity and sympathy as the motto goes, "Sincerity, Sympathy and Safety".
- While upgrading our Tatmadaw to become a standard army, it is also a must for the medical corps to work hard in order to upgrade their medical efficiency to be able to promote health and fitness of military men.
- You, as military men, are would-be medical officers and must also try hard mainly to abide by the disciplines and to be fit and healthy.
- When you are well-disciplined, there will be mutual respect between seniors and juniors which leads to a unity in carrying out their duties.
- While graduate officers are at their assigned battalions, it is required to bring up the habit of undertaking a mission with all their might.
- According to scholars, today is known as the Fourth Manufacturing Revolution Age (Industry 4.0) which is the combination of Digital Internet Technology and Artificial Intelligence. In the processes of manufacturing, transportation and distribution, electronic devices, such as man-made artificial high-intelligent robots, 3D technology, high-tech digital devices, are being used.
- In this high-tech age, artificial intelligence is being used in various sectors like military, politics, economics and health. Moreover, in the field of medicine and health care services, it is also used in order to improve the processes of diagnosing, giving treatment, manufacturing medicine, giving medicine to a particular person, taking care of patients and so on.
- At present, powerful countries are extensively threatening the security of small countries which do not usually act what they are asked to, by means of politics, economics, ideology, policy contribution and diplomacy.
- The consequences of such threatening affect people in the country initially and then affect the security of the State.
- In building state security, "When there is human security, there will be complete state security." In most of the countries, apart from the state security like territory sovereignty and national benefits, human security sector is prioritized as it is important in the national security sector.
- In respective countries all over the world, individual security is emphasised and seven security fields – Economic Security, Food Security, Health Security, Environmental Security, Personal Security, Community Security and Political Security – will be able to accomplish completely by setting down short-term and long-term objectives.
- Out of seven human security fields, what is mainly concerned with everyone is the health security whose objective is to prevent the public from getting diseases and also from leading to unhealthy lifestyle.
- According to the bulletins of the United Nations, those who are lacking health security are those living in the rural areas in both developing and developed countries and, basic needs of their daily social life also bar their health security.
- Military corps having great historical value, born together with those trying to gain independence has come to 75th Diamond Jubilee on 1st October.
- It could be seen that medical corps have taken care of monks, public and even foreigners at the military hospitals, medical battalions and COVID centres to cure, control and prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.
- At present time, military hospitals are now upgraded to undergo kidney transplant, liver transplant, coronary angiogram and coronary balloon angioplasty, cardiac surgery and radiation oncology, by doing so, it can be seen that the Tatmadaw has carried out advanced treatment like cardiac and neuro surgery, coronary stent insertion, pacemaker implantation, renal transplant and chest surgery in order to keep abreast with other nations.
- During that time, the need of health workers was in great demand due to COVID-19. Some health workers neglected giving health care services to the public and in various ways, they even disturbed those who sacrificed their selves in giving health care services.
- Owing to incorrect emotion and inspiration, some doctors broke the solemn wish of nine medical ethics and unfaithfully turned their backs to health care services which led to many deaths.
- That's why you all should take them as a lesson and must be faithful to your profession and institution. I'd like to urge you to keep medical ethics in mind so deeply as if they are rooted in your hearts.
- Medical officers produced by the Defence Services Medical Academy need to abide by the sixty military ethics, regarded as the backbone discipline of the Tatmadaw and also, to become a good leader, sixteen leadership skills together with what you have learnt – your wisdom, competence, experience and critical thinking – are going to be applied in practical situation.
- Starting from the time they were selected, the State and the Tatmadaw have spent a lot of money on teaching them the international standard medical subjects and taking time to produce them all. Therefore, the graduates all are valuable human resources for the State and the Tatmadaw and must try not to disappear your mission and vision of the State, the Tatmadaw and your relatives because of the wrong decision you made right on the spot. I'd like to tell you to train yourselves to become good soldiers and efficient doctors who are well-disciplined and good-natured comrades.
After the Passing-out Parade, Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing met and gave honour words to the three award winning cadets.
Also present at the ceremony together with the Senior General were wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Thiri Pyanchi Maung Maung Aye and wife, senior military officers and wives from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Union Ministers, the Chief Minister of Yangon Region and wife, the commander of Yangon Command, military attachés of foreign missions in Myanmar, the DSMA commandant, officials of Mingalardon Station, officer instructors and faculty members of the academic wing and training wing of DSMA, and invited guests.
Source: Myawady Television (21-12-2022)
- Medical officers produced by the Defence Services Medical Academy, are going to give health care services for all military men and their family members in their assigned region and respective battalions. If necessary, they must also be able to carry out the duty of military operation in the battle fields.
- When you are well-disciplined, there will be mutual respect between seniors and juniors which leads to a unity in carrying out their duties.
- At present, powerful countries are extensively threatening the security of small countries which do not usually act what they are asked to, by means of politics, economics, ideology, policy contribution and diplomacy.
- Owing to incorrect emotion and inspiration, some doctors broke the solemn wish of nine medical ethics and unfaithfully turned their backs to health care services which led to many deaths.
- In respective countries all over the world, individual security is emphasised and seven security fields – Economic Security, Food Security, Health Security, Environmental Security, Personal Security, Community Security and Political Security – will be able to accomplish completely by setting down short-term and long-term objectives.
- It could be seen that medical corps have taken care of monks, public and even foreigners at the military hospitals, medical battalions and COVID centres to cure, control and prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.