Adequate Healthcare Unavailable in Samee Town, Chin State

Healthcare services have been greatly reduced due to a shortage of doctors and medicines in Samee Town in Arakan Army (AA) controlled Paletwa Township in southern Chin State.

In Samee Town, the only healthcare facility available to locals is a cottage hospital, which is currently being operated by two doctors and four nurses who have been assigned to work there by the AA. There is also a shortage of medical equipment at the hospital.