UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Thet Khaing Win met the rectors, professors and officials from the medical and relevant universities in order to discuss opening postgraduate/undergraduate courses yesterday morning in Yangon.
At the meeting, the Union Minister
appreciated the efforts of the respective professors and those in charge of
hospital wards. He said if healthcare cannot
be resumed, it will affect people’s health, increasing personal expenditure for
healthcare expenses.
He
said the death
rate of children
under five would
increase in the
coming years if
regular immunization services for children are not implemented. He added
that those who are social bullying the medical staff returning to work would be
taken legal action.
Regarding
the reopening of the postgraduate courses, he said the
students would need to have 90 per cent attendance, and application deadlines
for postgraduate studies
for assistant doctors have been extended. The ministry would
release health workers charged under Section 505-A of the
Penal Code according to guidelines
issued by the
State Administration Council
and return them to work, he said.
Afterwards, the
Union Minister met
officials from the
Public Health Department and instructed necessary matters relating to
COVID-19 disease prevention, control and treatment, preventive measures against
any possible importation of
the virus from neighbouring
countries into Myanmar, treatment to the COVID-19 patients
at Waibargi Hospital and Phaungyi hospital and effective
contact tracing, COVID-19
diagnostic services, coordination
with the Yangon
Region Administration Council
in order to
expand quarantine centres
and closely monitor
the activities of
the Township Health/Public
Health Departments.
MNA
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