The Yangon General Hospital (YGH) is a major public hospital in Yangon

Yangon

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, Myanmar

Myanmar

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. Located in a 14-hectare compound, the 1500-bed hospital consists of three Medical Wards, three Surgical Wards, one Trauma and Orthopaedic Ward, and 24 Specialist Departments for inpatient care. The hospital also runs an ER

Emergency department

An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...

 for general medicine, general surgery and traumatology. The hospital has a staff of about 300 doctors and over 400 nurses.

YGH, known for its Victorian-style architecture, with red brick and yellow-painted trimmings, is also the Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of University of Medicine 1, Yangon, the Yangon Institute of Nursing

Yangon Institute of Nursing

The Yangon Institute of Nursing is a university of nursing, located in Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar. It is one of three universities in the nation that offers a four-year bachelor's degree program in nursing...

, and the University of Paramedical Science, Yangon.

YGH like all other civilian hospitals in Myanmar lacks many of the basic facilities and equipment. Although public health care is nominally free, in reality, patients have to pay for medicine and treatment. One important advantage of YGH does have over hospitals in rural areas is the superior quality of its medical staff since it is the main teaching hospital of the country's premier medical school. The hospital mainly serves the masses who cannot afford to attend private hospitals in Yangon or go abroad for "medical tourism".

History

The Yangon General Hospital was established in 1899 as the Rangoon General Hospital (RGH) with a capacity of 342 beds during the British colonial era. The 3-story Victorian-style main building was opened on 6 May 1905. After World War II, the hospital underwent renovations and had a capacity of 546 beds. In 1964, new specialist wards were added, and the capacity was increased to 1500 beds.

The building was a major massacre site during the 8888 Uprising

8888 Uprising

The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests was a series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma...

, in which injured patients, assumed to have taken part in the anti-government protests, were killed by the Tatmadaw. The hospital is closed to tourists. The hospital was also the site of Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

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's first public speech, on 24 August 1988. Today the building is listed on the Yangon City Heritage List

Yangon City Heritage List

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.

Specialist departments

• Cardiac Medical Department
• Cardiac Surgical Department
• Chest Medical Department
• Thoracic Surgical Department
• Neuro-Medical Department
• Neuro-Surgical Department
• Gastrointestinal Department
• Hepatology Department
• Haematology Departnment
• Plastic Maxillo Facial & Oral Surgery
• Radiotherapy Department
• Nuclear Medicine Departmenrt
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Dermatology Department
• Renal Medical Department
• Critical Care Unit
• Special Skin Clinic
• Diabetic Clinic & Endocrine Clinic
• Dentistry Clinic
• Psychiatric Medicine
• Acute Burn Care Unit
• Epilepsy Unit
• Tetanus & Rabies Ward
• Pain Treatment Center

Diagnostics departments

• Radiology Department
• Pathology Department
• Cardiac Cath Lab
• CT Scan
• EEG (Neuro)

Auxiliary departments

• Forensic Medicine Department
• Central National Blood Bank
• Medical Record Department
• Bio-Medical Engineering Department
• Kitchen
• Laundry
• Motor Transport

Teaching programs

YGH is the main teaching hospital of the University of Medicine 1, Yangon. It also trains nursing and paramedic trainees from the Yangon Institute of Nursing and the University of Paramedical Science, Yangon.

Graduate

• M.Med.Sc. degree
  • Pathology
  • Medical Jurisprudence
  • Orthopaedic
  • Anaesthesia
  • X-ray
  • Physical Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Radiotherapy
  • Oncology
  • Hospital Administration & Health Management
  • Medicine
  • Surgery

Doctorate

• Dr.Med.Sc. degree
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • Orthopaedic
  • Cardiac Medicine
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Chest Medical
  • Chest Surgery
  • Neuro Medical
  • Neuro Surgical
  • Renal Medicine
  • GI Medicine
  • Heaptology
  • Haematology
  • Anaesthesia
  • X-ray
  • Maxillo-facial Surgery