According to the Ministry of Health, plans are underway to open a new building as an annexe of the medical ward at Yangon Children’s Hospital (YCH) in Dagon Township, Yangon Region. Construction Task Force 1 of the Ministry of Construction undertook the construction of this new extension, and the building will be transferred as soon as possible to accommodate inpatients and provide treatment.
Yangon Children’s Hospital in Dagon Township has a medical ward, a paediatric surgical ward, a neonatal ward, an intensive care unit, and a paediatric orthopaedic ward. The recently completed six-story building is large enough to accommodate and treat many children; therefore, preparations are underway to extend the medical ward. Yangon Children’s Hospital began as a 60-bed facility in 1962 and was upgraded to a 550-bed hospital in 2006. The hospital’s emergency and outpatient departments are open 24 hours a day. — ASH/TKO
