A 16-bed hospital has been built in Aungchantha Village, Wandwin Township, Meiktila District, Mandalay Region, at a cost Ks500 million donated by a venerable Buddhist monks and public well-wishers, so local villagers have expressed their hope for opening the hospital as quickly as possible. 

The health facility targets medical treatment for the village and nearby villages populated by over 30,000. 

“Our villages lie over 14 miles from Meiktila People’s Hospital and over eight miles from Wandwin Hospital. It is very difficult for emergency patients for purposes such as snake bite and delivery. We have very poor transport especially in the rainy season. Some pregnant women died on the way to hospital for their delivery,” said Aung Kyaw Win, member of the committee for building the hospital. 

The hospital is built on over five acres of land and equipped with necessary rooms meeting set standards and the construction has finished. But permission has not come although it has been sought from authorities since 2018, he added. 

The hospital was donated by Abhidhaja Maha Ratthaguru Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Sadhamma Jotikkadhaja Shwe Thuwun Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Seikdiya. The village where the 16-bed hospital is located is the native place of the monk.