RHC-P commanding general visits Walter Reed AFRIMS in Nepal

Courtesy Photo | Regional Health Command-Pacific’s Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster (center) was in Kathmandu, Nepal visiting the Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences Research Unit Nepal in May 2019. Dr. Sanjaya K. Shrestha (front, 2nd from left), Director WARUN, provided the group a presentation about the facility.  

KATHMANDU, NEPAL

05.23.2019

Story by Emily Yeh 

Medical Readiness Command, Pacific

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Regional Health Command-Pacific’s Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster was in Kathmandu, Nepal visiting the Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences Research Unit Nepal in May 2019. LeMaster toured the WARUN facility where vaccines, drugs and diagnostics are developed and evaluated for the warfighter. The facility also conducts surveillance for infectious disease threats to the U.S. military, while supporting education and training for military medicine.

• Date Taken: 05.23.2019
• Date Posted: 05.23.2019 12:04
• Story ID: 323683
• Location: KATHMANDU, NP