Necessary hospitals will be upgraded and extended, as will other hospitals in Shan State, depending on the population of the hospital area.
The government is fulfilling the needs of the hospital as much as possible to improve the health sector and arrange for the convenience of health staff’s accommodation.
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said so on his inspection tour of Sao San Tun Hospital in Taunggyi, Shan State (South), and met health staff yesterday afternoon.
On arrival at the hospital, the Senior General comforted local people receiving medical treatment at the emergency ward, asked about their health conditions and comforted them with gifts of foodstuffs.
At the meeting hall of the hospital, Medical Superintendent Dr Win Maw Oo reported on the construction of buildings and new patient wards, the process of providing cancer treatment, the monthly medical treatment process, undertakings of special care treatment, X-ray process, radiation treatment, and more requirements for providing cancer treatment.
In his response, the Senior General said that it is necessary to conduct treatment systematically using machinery.
He promised that necessary hospitals would be upgraded and extended, as well as other hospitals in Shan State, depending on the population of the hospital area.
He instructed officials to build housing for health staff and pledged to appoint necessary specialists for hospitals.
Moreover, the Senior General urged officials to manage the health sector systematically, adding efforts must be made for hospitals to be reliable for the people.
He stressed the need for health staff to have systematic measures in relations and treatments for the patients.
The Senior General underlined that health staff have to improve themselves to enhance the reliance of patients. He noted that the government is fulfilling the needs of the hospital as much as possible to improve the health sector and arrange for the convenience of health staff for their accommodation. Heath staff must serve duty with loyalty to the State, and they have to strive to boost the people’s reliance, he added. The Senior General viewed round the hospital building, machinery and relevant record books and gave guidance to officials to systematically log documentary records.
Sao San Tun Hospital was built, through economic and expertise cooperation of the Soviet Union, by Commander Brig-Gen Maung Lwin (BSc Engineering) of Rehabilitation Brigade No 1 in 1957. It aimed to ensure Russia-Myanmar friendly ties. Construction of all buildings cost K4 million. In June 1961, the hospital was commissioned into service. The first-ever medical superintendent of the hospital was Dr Sao Naw Kham, and it was the only general hospital in Shan State. At the time of its establishment, the hospital accommodated 200 beds. On 16 December 2015, the hospital was upgraded to a 500-bed general hospital. — MNA/TTA
