National Unity Government: Ministry of Health Announcement No.3/2022

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"1. On 17th April 2022, Maung Zwe Mahn Aung (27 year), Public Health Supervisor-2 (PHS-2) of Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) from Chaung U township, Sagaing Region together with Private Min Thant Kyaw, Private Yazar Htun, Private Naing Wunna and Private Minn Khant @ Moe Dee of Chaung U Township People’s Defence Force (CHUPDF) have fallen in action while on sentinel duty to provide security for the main route of the Monywa peaceful demonstration, as they were abducted and killed by the terrorist military council’s soldiers and their Pyusawhti lackeys from Taw Pu village tract, Monywa township. The fallen CDM healthcare worker Maung Zwe Mahn Aung is survived by his wife and two young children. 2. From the day the coup d’etat took place on 1st February 2021 to this present day, the terrorist military council has committed the following atrocious crimes on the healthcare workers and in the healthcare sector: - 40 healthcare workers killed, 362 healthcare workers arbitrarily detained, 81 healthcare workers assaulted and injured. - A large number of healthcare workers are hiding and evading arbitrary detention. - 38 hospitals/clinics destroyed and damaged, 129 clinics/hospitals raided and pillaged, 67 were belligerently occupied. - 34 emergency ambulances and patient transport vehicles were destroyed and damaged, 11 such vehicles were stolen or highjacked illegally. 3. The Ministry of Health of the National Unity Government stands together with and conveys our deepest condolences to the families of CDM healthcare worker Maung Zwe Mahn Aung and other fallen healthcare workers and shares their pain and sorrow. We pay homage and deem Maung Zwe Mahn Aung and other fallen healthcare workers as our heroes and martyrs. 4. The Ministry of Health condemns and strongly denounces the actions of the terrorist military council targeting the healthcare sector and the healthcare workers. The Ministry reaffirms its pledge and will do its utmost together with the public to uproot the military dictatorship and strive towards a Federal Democratic Union..."

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Ministry of Health, National Unity Government of Myanmar

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2022-04-23

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2022-04-23

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Myanmar

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