The Bagan Clinic treated 4,826 patients in September 2013, bringing the total number of treatments since the Clinic opened on 6th August 2011 to 80,055.
Treatment Summary
The table below summarises the number of treatments per month and the total number of treatments since the clinic started.
| Month | Patients treated | Total treatments |
| August 2011 | 355 | 355 |
| September 2011 | 784 | 1,139 |
| October 2011 | 1,434 | 2,573 |
| November 2011 | 1,723 | 4,296 |
| December 2011 | 2,013 | 6,309 |
| January 2012 | 1,605 | 7,889 |
| February 2012 | 2,464 | 10,353 |
| March 2012 | 4,603 | 14,956 |
| April 2012 | 2,043 | 16,999 |
| May 2012 - Jan 2013 | To be added | To be added |
| February 2013 | 2,713 | 49,850 |
| March 2013 | 2,713 | 49,850 |
| April 2013 | 2,061 | 54,924 |
| May 2013 | 3,303 | 58,227 |
| June 2013 | 5,586 | 63,813 |
| July 2013 | 6,079 | 69,892 |
| August 2013 | 5,337 | 75,229 |
| September 2013 | 4,826 | 80,055 |
Monthly notes
The picture below shows between 8 and 12 white trucks waiting in front of the clinic. Patients from longer distances reduce travel costs to the clinic by sharing the cost of hiring a truck. They bring food in a lunch box together with pillows, mats, cups, blankets and extra cloths in a basket, knowing that they will have to sleep in the Monastery compound for 1 or even 2 nights.
White trucks which have transported patients long distances to reach the clinic.
A sad story: On 21st September, a 68-year old lady, with her husband and son, travelled to the clinic from PaDung Village which is situated between MinBu Town and Unn Town in Magwe Division, Rakhine State - a distance of 250 km from the Bagan Clinic! The husband had been suffering hemiplegia for a month and the wife also hoped to receive treatment for her hypertension so they booked transport with a light truck which they found out collected patients from MinBu Town (about 32 km from their home village) on 21st September. During the five and a half hour journey from MinBu, the lady suffered a right-sided hemiplegia following a cerebral haemorrhage. The transport arrived at Bagan about 18:30 but, for some reason, the husband, wife and son failed to make contact with clinic staff, although the clinic remained open until 23:40 dealing with the large number of patients. As soon as clinic staff were aware of the situation when the clinic opened at 07:45 on the following day (22nd September), the lady was immediately admitted for treatment. The photograph below shows the son (in a yellow cap) with his mother. The son is now sad and depressed because both his parents suffer from hemiplegia and need care but he is an only child.
The lady who suffered hemiplegia on the way from Rakhine State.
A free lunch is served to waiting patients on clinic days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Sometimes, a free dinner is also served, as shown in the photograph below.
A free dinner being served at around 18:15 on 11th October 2013.
Clinic photographs in 2013
Bagan Medical Clinic (2013).
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