As a gesture of hailing 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Independence Day, the Inauguration Ceremony of the Five-storey Annexe of Orthopaedic Speciality Hospital-Yangon took place at the hospital of Kyimyindine Township in Yangon Region on 29 December. The Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win inaugurated the annexe and made remaks at the ceremony as follows:
- The State Administration Council in its tenure of serving the State duties emphasizes peace and stability of socio-economic, unity and development of the State and the people as much as it can.
- In line with the guidance of Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing saying that “Nothing is important than life of human”, as the Ministry of Health is carrying out public healthcare services as a main duty, everybody can see that prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 activities were undertaken during the worst period of third and fourth waves of disease infection with manpower and material power.
- As COVID-19 can be controlled to some extent, an emphasis is being placed on undertaking regular healthcare services, treatment, research and medical education at full capacity in remedying the COVID-19-affected workplaces.
- The Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital-Yangon was established as a Home for the Disabled and Leprosy in 1895 and designated as an orthopaedic hospital in 1976. It was upgraded to a 300-bed hospital in January 2012 to provide orthopaedic treatments such as waist surgical treatment, detailed surgical treatment of hands, substitution of knee and thigh, and general orthopaedic treatments to the patients.
- The government appointed fresher assistant doctors and nurses in order to serve the duties at full capacity, conducted necessary training courses for turning out medical technicians and nurse-aids in cooperation with medical technicians from the Ministry of Defence as well as the postgraduate courses for producing subject-wise specialist doctors while building new hospital buildings and staff housing for service personnel with provisions of allowances.
- All are urged to strive for the hospital as the public reliable one as of the opening ceremony, and the medical superintendent and all health staff are also urged to systematically maintain the building, health services and environs for long term existence with the family spirit.
Afterward, the Vice-Chairman of the SAC Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win accepted the commemorative gift presented by Union Minister for Health Dr. Thet Khaing Win. The Vice-Senior General and party then viewed round the five-storey annexe.
Also present at the ceremony along with the Vice-Chairman of the SAC Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) were Union ministers, Chief minister of Yangon Region, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Commander of Yangon Command, deputy ministers, region ministers, departmental heads, retired medical professionals, health staff and other invited guests.
Source: MWD (30-12-2022)
- The Vice-Chairman of the SAC Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win and party attended the Inauguration Ceremony of the Five-storey Annexe of Orthopaedic Speciality Hospital-Yangon.