Putting the squeeze on the Arakanese patients by Sittwe government hospital authorities
Even though a signboard, in the letter of “Free Medical Treatment for the Poor”, erected in front of Sittwe government general hospital, it is only “a saying’ in practically. All medical treatment fares and the medical equipment must be bought from inside pharmacy of this hospital opened by the government medical service men.
To take an X-ray photo, it is free fare for all patients concerned while Regional Medical Officer – RMO ( doctor in-chief) of Sittwe hospital taking round his duty time. But it is not concern when he is absent, any X-ray photos must be paid costly to medical service men of this government hospital by all patients concerned. It is needed fare 2000 Kyats for electric power and to be cost 1000 Kyats for X-ray film reel and 7000 Kyats for doctor who give instruction for bandages. Total Ten thousands Kyats is needed for a patient who want to take X-ray and plaster bandage. If he chooses to the private clinic, it will be needed about fifty thousands Kyats for X-ray. One Ko Kyaw Tint of Sittwe town had been broken his right hand by accident in December, 2005, so he rushed to Sittwe hospital and paid Ten thousand Kyats to the authorities concern for his X-ray, while RMO was absence in it’s hospital.
There is a pharmacy shop, in the compound of this government hospital, owned by U Ne Win, who is a compounder of this hospital. He has given commission rate on selling pharmacy quantity to the doctors who instructed medical description to the patients and order to buy medicine from U Ne Win pharmacy shop. It is an inevitable matter of patients concerned in this Sittwe government general hospital. For example, U Hla Thu from Ponna Gyun town had had such experience. When his daughter, Ma Kywa Hla – 12 years old was admitted to attend Sittwe government general hospital by the disease of enteric-fever, U Hla Thu had to buy the essential medicines accordingly the duty officer doctor’s description. But the Blue-staff nurse Ma Than Sein and her senior doctor refused to give medical treatment to U Hla Thu’s daughter because the medicines bought by U Hla Thu were from outside pharmacy shop and he was instructed to buy medicines from U Ne Win’s pharmacy shop only. So, U Hla Thu rushed to Nawarat pharmacy shop near Sittwe college where he bought medicine and took it money in return for medicines and then he had to buy medicines from U Ne Win’s shop as the doctor’s ordered. In this way U Hla Thu’s daughter had to be allowed medical treatment legally. Although being the same description and the same medicines, the cost from U Ne Win’s shop was 24000 Kyats while it cost only 18,000 Kyats from Nawarat pharmacy.
Further more, in any ordinary delivery case, any patient must use at least 120,000 Kyats included bribery gifts to the doctors nurses and cleaners concern and buying medicines for it at Sittwe government general hospital although the signboard is written in, “FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE POOR”, that the sources said.
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006
By Arakan National Council – ANC Human Rights Documentation Committee (present Dhaka)
Released from:
The Good Morning Arakan – GMA (News)
To take an X-ray photo, it is free fare for all patients concerned while Regional Medical Officer – RMO ( doctor in-chief) of Sittwe hospital taking round his duty time. But it is not concern when he is absent, any X-ray photos must be paid costly to medical service men of this government hospital by all patients concerned. It is needed fare 2000 Kyats for electric power and to be cost 1000 Kyats for X-ray film reel and 7000 Kyats for doctor who give instruction for bandages. Total Ten thousands Kyats is needed for a patient who want to take X-ray and plaster bandage. If he chooses to the private clinic, it will be needed about fifty thousands Kyats for X-ray. One Ko Kyaw Tint of Sittwe town had been broken his right hand by accident in December, 2005, so he rushed to Sittwe hospital and paid Ten thousand Kyats to the authorities concern for his X-ray, while RMO was absence in it’s hospital.
There is a pharmacy shop, in the compound of this government hospital, owned by U Ne Win, who is a compounder of this hospital. He has given commission rate on selling pharmacy quantity to the doctors who instructed medical description to the patients and order to buy medicine from U Ne Win pharmacy shop. It is an inevitable matter of patients concerned in this Sittwe government general hospital. For example, U Hla Thu from Ponna Gyun town had had such experience. When his daughter, Ma Kywa Hla – 12 years old was admitted to attend Sittwe government general hospital by the disease of enteric-fever, U Hla Thu had to buy the essential medicines accordingly the duty officer doctor’s description. But the Blue-staff nurse Ma Than Sein and her senior doctor refused to give medical treatment to U Hla Thu’s daughter because the medicines bought by U Hla Thu were from outside pharmacy shop and he was instructed to buy medicines from U Ne Win’s pharmacy shop only. So, U Hla Thu rushed to Nawarat pharmacy shop near Sittwe college where he bought medicine and took it money in return for medicines and then he had to buy medicines from U Ne Win’s shop as the doctor’s ordered. In this way U Hla Thu’s daughter had to be allowed medical treatment legally. Although being the same description and the same medicines, the cost from U Ne Win’s shop was 24000 Kyats while it cost only 18,000 Kyats from Nawarat pharmacy.
Further more, in any ordinary delivery case, any patient must use at least 120,000 Kyats included bribery gifts to the doctors nurses and cleaners concern and buying medicines for it at Sittwe government general hospital although the signboard is written in, “FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE POOR”, that the sources said.
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006
By Arakan National Council – ANC Human Rights Documentation Committee (present Dhaka)
Released from:
The Good Morning Arakan – GMA (News)
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