An inspiring message from Dr Htoi Jar today. From Hpakant. https://twitter.com/MSF_Myanmar/status/1501128089559977985?s=20&t=YJity3xNGd4SiE7LZVsBkQ https://twitter.com/MSF_Myanmar/status/1501128089430114307?s=20&t=YJity3xNGd4SiE7LZVsBkQ #IWD2022 Jamie

Please take a long look at this new report concerning women and drugs in Myanmar. It has illuminating quotes with women who use drugs and sell sex that you won’t see in many publications. “After the raw opium inhalation, we don’t fall asleep easily and we can have sex for quite a long time. We […]

Has anyone heard of this research? Study of pathogens in the environment in Myanmar offers clues to the spread of disease Jamie

Is Myanmar military junta mouthpiece Dr Khin Khin Gyi’s Facebook page the only source of data about Covid19? https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Khin-Khin-Gyi-114941403579015/ Jamie

I am reminded of this piece that Bo Kyi wrote for people quarantined. It can apply to all who are detained. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-W5cVxFzvy/ Courage. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Suggestions for those who are in COVID-19 quarantine camps, hospitals or in-home quarantine. I was twice imprisoned and imprisoned for a total of 8 years for my political activities between […]

Has anyone seen the new Myanmar film ‘Midwives’? Please tell us about it. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Dogwoof Boards Myanmar-Set Sundance Competition Doc ‘Midwives’ Tom Grater January 12, 2022 4:05am EXCLUSIVE: London-based documentary sales outfit Dogwoof has picked up world rights to Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s debut feature documentary Midwives, which will premiere at Sundance this year. […]

I hope some of these one hundred and twenty doctors can return to serve in Myanmar one day. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Medical support worker scheme enables 127 doctors to join NHS after escaping Myanmar coup Elisabeth Mahase BMJ 2022; 376 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o404 (Published 16 February 2022) BMJ 2022;376:o404 A scheme set up to help retired doctors […]

Prisoners in Insein prison have told me for years that medical care is withheld. Simple care is given in the prison infirmary, called a hospital. If a person needs more care than the hospital can handle, then they need to be escorted to a hospital outside the prison. Permission must be given by the warden […]

“When the military and police find and arrest medical workers, they are often more at risk of torture and abuse in custody since the authorities are keen to obtain information to unravel the medical workers’ underground networks,” Jamie https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00270-7/fulltext

This is Omicron. More cases will lead to more hospitalisations and deaths. Though fewer vaccinated people will die than vaccinated ones. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ COVID-19 Cases Spike Again in Myanmar The Irrawaddy 16 February 2022 Myanmar faces a sharp spike of reported COVID-19 cases and 2,467 confirmed cases were recorded by Tuesday night by the junta-controlled […]

Testing figures from patients in YGH are not given. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Major Myanmar Hospital Closes Outpatient Departments as Doctors Hit by COVID-19 Nobel Zaw The Irrawaddy 15 February 2022 Outpatient departments in Yangon General Hospital (YGH), one of Myanmar’s biggest public hospitals, have been shut down for ten days because of staff shortages as the […]

The military junta administration cannot control the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar. Vaccination is spotty. There is little testing. There is no isolation and quarantine. Care is dismal. People are left on their own. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Surge in daily COVID-19 infections caps record week in Myanmar Sources say a lack of resources has hampered authorities’ ability […]