THE opening ceremony of a new hospital building of Waibargi Hospital in North Okkalapa Township was held yesterday.
It was attended by State
Administration Council Secretary Lt-Gen Aung Lin Dwe, Union Minister for Health
Prof Dr Thet Khaing Win, Union Minister for Construction U Shwe Lay, Yangon
Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein, Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Nyunt Win
Swe, the donor, Chairman of AW Foundation and officials, and departmental officials
of Ministry of Health.
Speaking at the event, SAC
Secretary Lt-Gen Aung Lin Dwe said the SAC is providing equal medical services
to rural and urban residents for communicable and non-communicable diseases
including COVID-19 disease and fulfilling the capacity of government employees
including health workers while providing proper instructions to access
international medicines. It also carries out COVID-19 prevention, control and
treatment activities in line with the five-point roadmap.
The newly opened building features
an international care unit and labs and the hospital will be upgraded as a
research and teaching centre in addition to the Infectious Disease Institute.
According to the directive of the
SAC Chairman, the solar power system is installed at the hospital unit and it
is a pilot stage to save energy and mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. Similar
projects are being drafted to implement at hospitals under the Ministry of
Health.
The new building of Waibargi
Hospital was constructed in January 2021 using K6,217,719,000 donated by AW
Foundation and completed in September 2022. The SAC Secretary and party also
inspected the construction site of the seven-storey building of Yangon General
Hospital and the completion of the new five-storey building of Kyimyindine
Orthopaedic Hospital which will be opened soon.
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