New Yangon Specialist Hospital

New Yangon Specialist Hospital (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်အထူးကုဆေးရုံသစ်ကြီး) is a specialty hospital under construction in Downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The hospital will provide specialty services, and will be the Myanmar's first national teaching and research institute for cerebral and cardiovascular diseases.[1][2][3]

New Yangon Specialist Hospital
Geography
LocationYangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Coordinates16.781646°N 96.143334°E / 16.781646; 96.143334
Organisation
TypePublic hospital
Affiliated universityUniversity of Medicine 1, Yangon
NetworkMinistry of Health and Sports (Myanmar)
Services
Beds316
History
Construction started2021
Opened2021

The hospital is located on the corner of Pyay and Minye Kyawswa Roads in Yangon's Lanmadaw Township, across the street from New Yangon General Hospital and 500–bed Specialty Hospital, Yangon.[2]

The construction of New Yangon Specialist Hospital was funded by a US$77 million Japanese grant provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the largest such grant aid project in the country, while the remainder of the costs (US$27 million) will be borne by the Burmese government.[4][3] The hospital's groundbreaking ceremony was held on 28 April 2019, with plans for completion by 30 April 2021.[3]

The seven-story hospital will be 27,000 square metres (290,000 sq ft), and will include a 316 beds over a space of including a 20-bed ICU ward.[1][4] Four departments from the existing Yangon General Hospital, namely neurosurgery, neurology, cardiac surgery, and cardiology, will be relocated to this new hospital, New Yangon Specialist Hospital will also serve as a teaching hospital for the nearby University of Medicine 1, Yangon.[3]

See also

References
  1. "New Yangon Specialist Hospital to open in 2 years". The Myanmar Times. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. "Japan to Fund $77M Neuro, Cardio Hospital in Yangon". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Project for the Construction of New Yangon Specialist Hospital". JICA. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. "Government to purchase equipment for specialist hospital". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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