Weibagi Hospital is now Weibagi Jail. What do readers think about hospitals being used as jails? Are the health care providers now jailers?

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HIV/AIDS Activists Detained in Rangoon
by Aye Lae
June 7, 2007

Eleven HIV/AIDS patients in Burma have been detained since Tuesday in Rangoon following the group's demonstrations calling for the release of a prominent HIV/AIDS activist who was arrested earlier by authorities, according to a Rangoon-based activist.

The patients are being detained in a room of the Weibagi Hospital, a contagious disease hospital, in Rangoon, according to Yarzar, an HIV/AIDS activist.
The patients were taken from their homes to the hospital Tuesday after being told they would receive proper treatment, Yazar told The Irrawaddy. They then learned that they were being detained in the hospital.

Yarzar said the patients had held demonstrations from May 22 to 27 in Rangoon pagodas wearing white shirts and red ribbons while praying for the release of prominent HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thin, who was arrested on May 21. Police gave no reason for her arrest and have not disclosed where she is being held.

Phyu Phyu Thin worked to help about 30 HIV/AIDS patients through education, counseling, housing and arranging for medical care. She is a member of the National League for Democracy.  

Yazar, a colleague of Phyu Phyu Thin, said two HIV/AIDS patients in Rangoon died days after Phyu Phyu Thin's arrest. He said she was assisting them obtain medicine, and her arrest might have affected their condition.

The prominent pro-democracy activist Min Ko Naing told The Associated Press that her arrest was a blow to HIV/AIDS victims who regard Phyu Phyu Thin as a “mountain of hope.” He said she had not violated any laws.

Yazar said that some of the detained patients are being investigated by authorities.

Irrawaddy.org