National Unity Government: Ministry of Health Announcement (2/2023)

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"1. During January and February 2023, the military junta launched airstrikes on health facilities, arrested and brutally killed healthcare workers, and committed terrorist attacks on the public as follows; (1.1) On 10th January 2023 and 11th January 2023, the terrorist military launched airstrikes on Camp Victoria which was situated in the camp of Chin National Front (CNF), Chin State, the two female comrades and three male comrades from CNF were killed by those airstrikes. It also destroyed the outpatient department, the warehouse for the storage of medicine, and people’s houses too. (1.2) On 21st January 2023, the terrorist military launched an airstrike on a public hospital in the village of Ba Hin, Myaing Township, Magway Region. Because of those airstrikes, Ba Hin public hospital was destroyed instantaneously, including an X-ray machine, and killed one innocent woman (62-year-old) nearby this hospital. Fortunately, the hospital staff and patients (a total of 90 people) including the pregnant women, and orthopedic patients escaped from this incident. (1.3) On 19th February 2023, the terrorist military raided Nwe Inn Village, Pale Township, Sagaing Region, and intentionally destroyed the rural health center only by firing. (1.4) From 21st to 25th February 2023, the terrorist military destroyed and fired on Min village, Malaethar village, and Kanyin village in Ayadaw township, Sagaing Region. And also the airstrike was launched at the high school compound, and hospital land and destroyed the medicines and medical equipment in the hospital in these villages. (1.5) A CDM nurse, Daw May Zune Moe, who delivered a baby in one of the remote jungles has returned to Okpho Township, Bago Region and was investigated together with two comrades of the People's Defence Force (PDF) by the terrorist military near Kyauk Phyu Taung Village, Aye Mya Thar Yar, Oakpho township on 29th January 2023. The two PDF comrades were killed at the scene of investigation with live ammunition, while this nurse tried to run and hide from the hand of the terrorist military. However, she was arrested, inhumane interrogation was done, and was killed on 16th February 2023. (1.6) A staff nurse who participated in the Civil disobedience movement (CDM) from Falam General Hospital, Chin State, and lived in her hometown Moedargyi Village, Katha Township, Sagaing Region, was arrested in her village on 16th February 2023 during the raiding by the military junta and killed on 21st February 2023. 2. The military junta took the power of our elected government on 1st February 2021, within two years of the coup, the military junta brutally killed (70) healthcare workers, injured over (780) healthcare workers, arrested more than (900) healthcare workers, and attacked and destroyed (54) ambulances and (160) health facilities. 3. Those inhumane attacks of the terrorist military, targeted intentionally to the healthcare workers, health facilities and health system, are breaking the Geneva Conventions, Resolutions of the UN Security Council, and International Humanitarian and Human Rights laws. 4. The Ministry of Health, National Unity Government, condemns those extremely inhumane acts of violence by the terrorist military group and we strongly urge the international community to take vigorous and urgent action in order to immediately halt the military junta’s escalating war crimes and crimes against humanity in Myanmar in the strongest possible terms. 5. The Ministry is deeply saddened and offers our deep condolence to the families of the innocent people who have fallen at the hands of the terrorist military council. The Ministry also vows to seek judicial redress for the lives of those innocent members of the public and healthcare workers. We pledge that the terrorist military council and its lackeys see justice served on them and that the military dictatorship is uprooted and we will, together with the public, strive towards building a Federal Democratic Union..."

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Ministry of Health - National Unity Government of Myanmar

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2023-02-28

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2023-03-01

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Myanmar

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