Muslim Free Hospital

The Muslim Free Hospital was established as a small dispensary in 1937 in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and gradually it has come up to the present status of a 160 bedded hospital.[1]

Muslim Free Hospital
Geography
Location196, 200 Maha Bandula Park St, Yangon, Myanmar
Coordinates16.776533°N 96.160539°E / 16.776533; 96.160539
Organisation
FundingVoluntary
TypeGeneral
Religious affiliationMuslim
History
Opened1937
Links
ListsHospitals in Myanmar

The chief aims and objectives of the hospital are to help the poor, the needy and the sick without discrimination of caste, creed or colour. The hospital is one of many in Myanmar run purely on a voluntary means and raises funds to treat people.

The hospital comprises three buildings; main on the Maha Bandula Garden Street and two buildings on the 35th Street and are connected by over head bridges.

The author and human rights activist Ma Thida has worked as a surgeon at the hospital.[2][3]

References

  1. "What you should know about the Muslim Free Hospital that everyone is rooting for". MVSLIM. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Mita Kapur (February 27, 2010). "'I write from my heart'". The Hindu. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  3. "Myanmar Muslim hospital offers hope in troubled times". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 20, 2020.


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