Thursday 14 November 2013

Bagan Medical Clinic: October 2013

This report is based on information from Doctor Hla Tun, who also supplied the photographs.

The Bagan Clinic treated 3,647 patients in October 2013, bringing the total number of treatments since the Clinic opened on 6th August 2011 to 83,702. Since some patients require more than one treatment, the total number of patients seen at the Clinic is somewhat less than the number of treatments.

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
October 2013 3,647 83,702

Monthly notes

On 19th October, a group of six people travelled around 320 kilometres from Nunt San town in Shan State to visit the Clinic. Two older people travelled by bus, the other four travelled on two motor bikes, including a 39 year old lady suffering from rheumatic fever with multiple joint pain. On the journey the road through KaLaw town zig-zags and is very up and down, resulting in one motor bike falling over, leaving the patient with abrasions on both knees and superimposed joint pain.

39-year old lady with rheumatic fever.

Another lady patient works in the fields to earn a day wage but she suffered an allergic reaction to the grasses, resulting in contact dermatitis.

Patient with contact dermatitis.

The picture below shows how, as their appointment number approaches, patients queue in front of the Clinic, whilst (in the background) other patients line-up for a free lunch from the Monks.

Patients waiting at the Clinic.

The new clinic building is progressing and should be finished in a few weeks.

The new clinic building under construction.

There are a number of posts on medical support in Myanmar provided by the RTM Social Contribution with help from donors around the world. You can find them all here.