This post was translated by pushing a button so it may be inexact. I don't understand restricting the amount of medication sold to a patient.

Jamie

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[In Kyauk Phyu, private clinics and pharmacies were forced to sign the military council not to sell more than three days' worth of medicine]
In Kyauk Phyu, private clinics and pharmacies were forced to sign the military council not to sell more than three days' worth of medicine
Date: 04 February 2024

Arakan State Private hospitals and clinics in Kyauk Phyu City. It is reported that pharmacies were forced to sign by the Military Council not to sell more than three days' worth of medicine, no matter how important the patient.
Yesterday, February 3rd, Kyaukphyu District Public Hospital, Kyaukphyu District Public Hospital Health Community has learned that the military council called a meeting of doctors from private hospitals, including the hospital director, and asked them to sign.
No matter how many emergency patients come to the hospitals in Kyauk Phyu City (except diabetes and TV patients), not to sell more than three days' worth of medicine. It is reported that he was asked to sign not to sell more than one card of a particular medicine.
"Yesterday, the hospital superintendent laughed. Private hospitals and clinics called doctors and asked them to sign. They restricted access to medical treatment. Any patient cannot sell more than a three-day supply of medicine. They cannot sell more than one card of a medicine," a source from the health community told Nirayansari news agency.
Two captains from the army side. military council members Kyauk Phyu City police officers called a meeting at the hospital and asked them to sign.
"They don't explain why the restriction is like this. But I see that they are preventing the drugs from reaching the Rakhine Army," he said.
Similarly, at Kyauk Phyu District Public Hospital, only diabetes and TV patients are allowed to sell one month's worth of medicine, and any other patients are not allowed to sell more than three days worth of medicine, according to the health community.
"The hospital is also allowed to sell a month's worth of medicine to diabetics and TVs. The rest of the patients are not allowed to sell more than three days' worth of medicine," said a source from the health community.
Only in Kyauk Phyu town, patients are allowed to sell three-day supply of medicine, and the transport of medicines from the town to the villages is also prohibited, and the checkpoints guard and arrest them, causing special difficulties for their health, local villagers said.
A woman from the Gong Chuin group said, "Kyaukphyu is the only town where you can buy three days' supply of medicine. You can't take any medicine from the district. The person who brings it is arrested. Patients who are ill in the district are also prevented from going to the city for medical treatment."
From the day the Rakhine conflict started until today, the military council has blocked access to Kyaukphyu town from the checkpoints, and according to local residents, there have been at least 10 local residents who have died without being allowed to go to the hospital for treatment.
Today, February 4, In the morning, the clam group, It is learned that a young woman from the village of Thaar was injured in an accident and went to town for medical treatment, but was turned back by the military council's Kyauktong checkpoint.
It is said that even if people who are sick go to the hospital for treatment, they are asked whether they are sick or not, and then they are allowed to receive treatment.
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[The Military Council arrested 3 women, including the owner of a model pharmacy from Kyauk Phyu City, and another male resident, and confiscated the medicines. ]
The Military Council arrested 3 women, including the owner of a model pharmacy from Kyauk Phyu City, and another male resident, and confiscated the medicines.
Date: 04 February 2024

Arakan State The Military Council raided the model pharmacy in Kyauk Phyu City, and the shopkeeper's two sisters, A female cook It is reported that another Kyauk Phyu resident was also arrested and drugs were confiscated from the pharmacy.
Yesterday, February 3 In the evening, the Military Council raided some pharmacies in Kyauk Phyu. Daw Nyo Nyo, the owner of the model pharmacy, over 60 years old, and her sister, The woman who cooks at home and Pagodaung Ward. A Kyauk Phyu resident said that Ko Win Kyaw and Ko Win Kyaw were arrested from Khema Street.
"Daw Nyo Nyo, the owner of the model pharmacy, and her sister. The woman who cooks at home was also arrested by the military council. Yesterday, the military council entered some pharmacies in Kyauk Pyu and searched and arrested them. Some shops were not arrested because they were avoiding them in advance," he told Nirayansa.
Eyewitnesses said that during the raid on the model pharmacy, in addition to arresting people, the medicine in the shop was loaded into a military vehicle and confiscated.
"In addition to arresting people, they also took drugs with cars. There were a lot of them," said a resident.
Yesterday evening, the military council and the joint police force raided and searched the "Khaing" pharmacy in the central district, but the shopkeepers escaped because they had escaped beforehand, residents said.
Pagodaung Ward, Ko Win Kyaw from Khema Road was also arrested from his home yesterday evening, and the residents said that they do not know why he was arrested.
The military council specifically blocks the transportation and sale of medicines to Rakhine townships, including Kyauk Phyu, and the locals opined that such a ban could be a way to prevent medicines from reaching the Rakhine Army (AA).
Yesterday, February 3, at Kyauk Phyu District Public Hospital, doctors from private hospitals, The Kyauk Phyu District Public Hospital Health Association found out that the military council convened a meeting of the pharmacy owners and forced them to sign not to sell more than three days' worth of medicine to any patient.
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