Narinjara News
Death rate in Akyab rising
Akyab. August 4: The number
of people dying in Akyab is increasing everyday, as
many people cannot afford the expenses of treatment at the Akyab
Central Government Hospital.
Previously, the average rate of death, in Akyab, was
only one a day, but it has recently increased to over 4 a day, said a local
social worker. He added that many people are not willing to utilize the
services of the local hospital because they are unable to afford the high
prices of treatment there.
According to a hospital list, a standard operation would cost a patient 70,000
Kyat, the charge for a child delivery is 70,000 Kyat, and a unit of blood costs
30,00 Kyat. An X- ray would cost a patient 1,000 Kyat
for the electricity charges for five minutes and the film plat is another 3,000
Kyat, while a broken bone would cost a patient 7,0000
Kyat.
Many people in the region are so poor that visiting the hospital, even for
minor problems, is out of the question, and some
tragically have died of diseases that would normally be easily treated.
As the hospital does not even have medicine available to the patients that can
actually afford treatment, those people are forced to spend even more money
buying high priced drugs from outside sources.
Since the military government’s nationalization of state entities, only 5% of
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