STATE Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected damaged parts of Myanmar International Convention Centre I (MICC I) and Yanaungmyin Dam caused by the Mandalay earthquake which struck on 28 March and comforted patients at the mobile hospital in the township sports ground in Shwekyapin Ward of Zabuthiri Township yesterday afternoon.
Accompanied by SAC Secretary General Aung Lin Dwe, Union Minister U Myo Thant and officials, the Senior General looked into damage to the ceiling at the entrance to MICC I, some cracks in Jade Hall, Ruby Hall and Emerald Hall, meeting halls and walls. Moreover, the Senior General viewed the filling of sand and earth in the cracks of the embankment at Yanaungmyin Dam as part of the temporary repair. Officials reported to the Senior General on strengthening of the dam, and the emergence of cracks. The Senior General instructed officials to set a target date to repair the damaged embankment before monsoon season and nurture the watershed forests to be green and thriving plants.
At the mobile hospital established by the US-based Samaritan’s Purse International Relief Organization in the township sports ground in Shwekyapin Ward of Zabuthiri Township, in-charge of the hospital Dr Elliott Tenpenny explained surgical operations performed on patients and functions of the hospital. The Senior General visited the hospital and cordially greeted patients. He spoke words of appreciation for the government of the United States of America and the people for their assistance to Myanmar.
The in-charge of the hospital also expressed his thanks to the Myanmar government for providing smooth processes of management and logistic measures in their rescue and relief operations, so they are convenient in giving medical treatment to the patients.
The mobile hospital was built with the use of containers by the Directorate of Medical Services and the Directorate of Military Engineers of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army). It is a 60- bed facility for providing treatments to 60 patients at the outpatient unit, emergency unit, operation theatre, medical store and lab. The mobile hospital provides treatment to patients with different diseases and surgical operations free of charge. The US medical team cooperates with surgical specialists and orthopaedic specialists in addition to other physicians and nurses from the Directorate of Medical Services. The US medical team arrived in Myanmar on 4 April. From 7 April, they started healthcare services with surgical operations on 20 patients. On 10 April, the hospital will open one special intensive care unit and two operation theatres to extend more healthcare services to the people.
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