YANGON----The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that 13 children with congenital heart disease were successfully treated without surgery at 550-Bed Children’s Hospital in Yangon.
The MOH also reported that Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Do Nguyen Tin from Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital 1, together with paediatric cardiologists led by Professor Dr Khin Maung Oo treated children with congenital heart disease using the Cardiac catheterization Laboratory without the need for surgery.
A total of 13 children with congenital heart disease were successfully treated on 22 and 23 September 2022 at the Heart Treatment Centre of 550-bed Children’s Hospital, Yangon under the Ministry of Health.
Children’s heart disease treatments are performed by paediatric cardiologists at the 550-bed Children’s Hospital in Yangon. By inviting expert paediatric cardiologists from abroad, a total of 1,390 children with heart disease have been successfully treated from August 2015 to date.
Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Do Nguyen Tin from Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital frequently collaborates with paediatric cardiologists at the 550-bed Children’s Hospital – Yangon to successfully treat children with heart disease.
At the 550-bed Children’s Hospital – Yangon, 26,370 children were treated as outpatients, and treatments were given to 1,452 child patients with echocardiogram treatment and 67 paediatric patients who underwent Cardiac Catheterization Procedures from 1 January 2022 to 12 October 2022.
