Health crisis deepens in Myingyan Township amid junta checkpoints, arrests, and medical shortages

Mizzima

A growing health emergency is unfolding in rural Myingyan Township, where stepped up military checkpoints, arbitrary arrests, and severe medicine shortages have led to dozens of preventable deaths, according to local sources and humanitarian reports.

More than 200 villages in the township have limited access to healthcare facilities, most of which lack doctors. Frequent arrests and thorough inspections at junta checkpoints have severely restricted the flow of medicine, leading to delayed or denied treatment.

“Just one small clinic serves ten villages. It’s staffed only by a nurse and a health assistant. Many patients are bedridden and have no access to treatment. Some have died from conditions as basic as excessive bleeding or chronic illness,” said a supporter of a local defence force.