CHAIRMAN of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Council Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo and party, yesterday afternoon inspected the loss and damage at the medical wards and staff housing of Nay Pyi Taw People’s Hospital (300-bed) caused by the Mandalay earthquake.
The Senior General and party viewed round damaged parts of medical wards, intensive care units, staff housing, and operation theatres in the compound of the hospital where the Union Minister for Health and officials conducted the Senior General round the buildings.
In his response to the clarification, the Senior General stressed the need to systematically examine the damage and loss with the assistance of construction experts to repair necessary buildings and demolish dangerous buildings for the construction of new buildings. It is necessary to coordinate reconstruction measures among construction engineers and water and power supply officials to systematically calculate the construction of buildings with resilience to possible natural disasters. According to scrutiny over collapsed buildings in the earthquake, it is necessary to take lessons of dreadful losses in past events in which officials did not construct the buildings in line with the set standards. As such, officials need to supervise the construction of buildings rigorously.
As the buildings of Nay Pyi Taw People’s Hospital (300-bed) sustain a large number of the loss and damage caused by the earthquake, medical treatments are being given to patients at Zeyathiri Township Hospital (50-bed) temporarily. — MNA/TTA
