Yangon General Hospital

Background

Established in 1899, the colonial-style 3-storeyed building was built in May 1905 with 342 beds. In 1964, it was upgraded to 1500 bedded hospital with expansion of new specialists’ wards and extension of new buildings.Today, it is a tertiary care teaching hospital with 3 medical wards, 3 surgical wards and 27 departments for other specialities.

Field Report

The Project Team was given a warm reception by the Medical Superintendent of the hospital which gave us a brief introduction to the hospital’s history and facilities. We were next led to the Medical Ward 1 & 2 where its Head of Department, Dr Ne Win brought the enthusiastic students on a teaching ward round. He later presented a memento of a framed photograph of the hospital to the Project Team.

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