Nearly 400 residents receive care from Tatmadaw mobile medical team

BASED in Kanazoegon Village, Wakema Township, Ayeyawady Region, the Tatmadaw riverine mobile medical team – com­prising the Tatmadaw floating hospital Shwe Puzun, the river vessel Saku, and accompany­ing specialists, doctors, and nurses – departed the village yesterday morning and ar­rived in Taungkalay Village, Myaungmya Township, in the afternoon. They were warmly welcomed by departmental of­ficials, residents, teachers, and students.

The mobile medical team, operating in Taungkalay Village yesterday, provided healthcare services to 391 residents from Taungkalay Village and nearby villages.

The team provided treat­ment to 183 general medical patients, 19 surgical patients, 21 obstetrics and gynaecology patients, 24 paediatric patients, 48 orthopaedic patients, 25 ENT patients, 43 ophthalmol­ogy patients, and 28 dental and oral patients, administering the necessary medicines and treatments. Among these, they also attended to one general surgery case, one eye surgery case, seven x-ray cases, 24 pa­tients examined using ultra­sound, 11 patients tested using ECG, and 34 patients who un­derwent laboratory tests for diagnosis and treatment. — MNA/MKKS