April 7,2022

VICE-CHAIRMAN of the State Administration Council Dep¬uty Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Command¬er-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Sen¬ior General Soe Win, wife Daw Than Than Nwe and senior military officers inspected the military hospital in Fort Bahtoo City in Shan State (South) yes¬terday. 

The commandant of the hospital reported to the Vice-Senior General on medical treatment and four-point mili¬tary buildings. The Vice-Senior General attended to the needs after asking for further infor¬mation. 

The Vice-Senior General comforted the patient military personnel, families and local people and presented food¬stuffs. 
They inspected the dental room, ultrasound room, medical wards, kitchen and ration store of the hospital. 

Daw Than Than Nwe, the wife of the Vice-Senior General, comforted the patients at the maternity and child ward and presented aid to them. 

The Vice-Senior Gener¬al and his wife donated cash awards for health staff from the hospital and cash donations for the hospital to the commandant. 

At the integrated farm¬ing agriculture and livestock farm of the Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Bahtoo), the Vice-Senior Gen¬eral inspected the raising of lay¬ers and broilers, breeding of DYL pigs and dairy cows, and cultivation of seasonal crops. 

At the integrated farm (Bahtoosan), the commandant of the Defence Services (Army) Combat Forces School (Bahtoo) reported on the reclamation of new farmlands with the assis¬tance of the Department of Ir¬rigation and Water Utilization Management to the Vice-Senior General. The Vice-Senior Gen¬eral viewed the cultivation of po¬tato and soya bean plantations. 

Bahtoosan Dam is under construction. Upon completion, it will irrigate the agriculture and livestock tasks of the mili¬tary station and more than 200 acres of farmlands of local peo¬ple in Zale and Lwesen villages throughout the year. It will pre¬vent silting at the Bahtoosan spring and the creek. 

The Vice-Senior General also inspected the renovation of Peinchaung Dam and coor¬dinated necessary measures. Upon completion of the renova¬tion, the dam can irrigate more than 50 acres of farmlands and contributes to the cultivation of seasonal crops. — MNA