Pune, December 01, 2007 (DefenceIndia News Service)

Hailing the contribution of plastic surgery in the rehabilatation of disfigured soldiers, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said on Friday, "The plastic surgery has played an immense role in treating those who fought in two World Wars and in the Indian context it served laudably in saving many lives in Jammu and Kashmir and North East."

While addressing the 42nd Annual International Conference of Plastic Surgeons 2007 (APSICON) IN Pune, General Kapoor expressed concern over the way medicine was being practiced in modern times and called upon the community of plastic surgery to "introspect" and refrain from turning it into a money-making business.

Army Commandant Southern Command Lt General Nobel Thamburaj released a special souvenir prepared for the occasion.

Among those who attended the conference included leading plastic surgeons Daniel Baker and Kulwant Singh Bhangoo.

PTI