Specialists offer medical treatments to residents in Hinthada on 2nd field trip

The specialist medical teams including professors and physicians from Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw are offering the medical treatments in the States and Regions. Specialist medical teams from Yangon General Hospital, Yangon Children’s Hospital, Yangon Specialist Hospital (500-bed) and Yangon Eye Hospital travelled to Hinthada in Ayeyawady Region on 2 and 3 March for the second time and gave the medical treatment to local people.
Over the course of these medical trips, a total of 1,284 patients, including individuals from Hinthada Township and 10 other townships from Ayeyawady Region and two another townships of Yangon and Bago regions, received treatment for a range of medical conditions. These conditions encompassed cardiac diseases, gastrointestinal issues, neurological ailments, orthopaedic and dermatological problems, cleft lip and palate surgeries, among others.
The medical check-ups included various procedures such as Echocardiography, Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (OGD) Scope, Colonoscopy, CT scans, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) tests, X-ray examinations, laboratory tests, ultrasound scans, and electrocardiograms (ECG). Patients requiring further treatment were referred to hospitals concerned in Yangon. In addition to, osteopathic physician who specializes in eye and vision care will continue their treatments for patients with eye problem at the hospital until 11 March.
Officials from Hinthada District Administration Body comforted patients and presented local gifts to the specialist teams.
These specialist medical teams conducted field trips every Saturday and Sunday in 2024. Similar efforts have been made in Taunggyi, Pyay, Thandwe, Pathein, Mawlamyine, Magway, Myeik, NyaungU, Myitkyina and now in Hinthada in 2024, with plans for continuous implementation in the future. — MNA/ KZL