New Yangon Specialist Hospital (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်အထူးကုဆေးရုံသစ်ကြီး) is a specialty hospital under construction in Downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The hospital will provide specialty services, and will be the Myanmar's first national teaching and research institute for cerebral and cardiovascular diseases.[1][2][3]
| New Yangon Specialist Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar |
| Coordinates | 16°46′54″N 96°08′36″E / 16.781646°N 96.143334°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Public hospital |
| Affiliated university | University of Medicine 1, Yangon |
| Network | Ministry of Health and Sports (Myanmar) |
| Services | |
| Beds | 316 |
| History | |
| Construction started | 2021 |
| Opened | 2021 |
The hospital is located on the corner of Pyay and Minye Kyawswa Roads in Yangon's Lanmadaw Township, across the street from New Yangon General Hospital and 500–bed Specialty Hospital, Yangon.[2]
The construction of New Yangon Specialist Hospital was funded by a US$77 million Japanese grant provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the largest such grant aid project in the country, while the remainder of the costs (US$27 million) will be borne by the Burmese government.[4][3] The hospital's groundbreaking ceremony was held on 28 April 2019, with plans for completion by 30 April 2021.[3]
The seven-story hospital will be 27,000 square metres (290,000 sq ft), and will include a 316 beds over a space of including a 20-bed ICU ward.[1][4] Four departments from the existing Yangon General Hospital, namely neurosurgery, neurology, cardiac surgery, and cardiology, will be relocated to this new hospital, New Yangon Specialist Hospital will also serve as a teaching hospital for the nearby University of Medicine 1, Yangon.[3]
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- ^ a b "New Yangon Specialist Hospital to open in 2 years". The Myanmar Times. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ a b "Japan to Fund $77M Neuro, Cardio Hospital in Yangon". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ a b c d "Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Project for the Construction of New Yangon Specialist Hospital". JICA. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ a b "Government to purchase equipment for specialist hospital". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2020-06-14.