India, Feb. 3 -- Major General Sanil Mohan assumed charge as the Commandant of Command Hospital (Southern Command) on Sunday, marking a change of leadership at one of the Indian Army's premier tertiary care institutions, officials said on Monday.

An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Major General Mohan completed both his graduation and post-graduation from the institute. A highly respected Professor of Anaesthesiology and an accomplished instructor in trauma care, he brings extensive clinical, academic and administrative experience to the post.

Before assuming his present appointment in the rank of Major General, he served as Brigadier Medical at the strategically significant Sudarshan Chakra Corps, where he play...