Senior officials from Myanmar Health Ministry visited Frontier Lifeline Hospital, the Mediville Basic Medical Science Park and Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital here recently.
Khin Maung Aye, Head of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Yangon General Hospital; Khin Maung Lwin, Head of Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Medicine; Yangon and Nwe Nwe, Head of Department of Cardiac Medicine, University of Medicine, Yangon, were part of the delegation.
‘Informative visit’
Prof. Khin Maung Aye said that their visit to Frontier Lifeline Hospital and Basic Medical Science Park was very informative as they witnessed heart transplantation for three patients and another patient with re-transplant and another with lung transplant.
“The transplant technology is very advanced with excellent results. The Basic Medical Science Park and the pathology museum has been very innovative and very impressive probably the best in Asia,” he said.
The delegation also visited Puducherry and discussed the successful model of Public Private Partnership in Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital (IGGGH) with Frontier Lifeline Hospital and K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation.
He added that Myanmar Government was very keen to emulate the same model especially after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Myanmar. They discussed in detail the ways and means of implementing the plans with Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, Chief Secretary and other government officials.
