Hospitals, Clinics Not Spared Myanmar Regime Forces’ Violence
A bullet hole in a window at the SSC Women’s Center.
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By The Irrawaddy 1 April 2021
YANGON Myanmar military regime forces raided and opened fire on a number of private hospitals and clinics in Yangon last month.
Soldiers and police raided the Tet Lann Hospital in South Okkalapa Township on Tuesday, and the Asia Royal Hospital in Sanchaung Township on Sunday. On March 18, they fired shots at the SSC Women’s Center in Bahan Township.
Military personnel and police broke into the Tet Lann Hospital at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday and beat security guards and cleaners working there. They also threatened doctors at gunpoint and searched patient wards before deleting CCTV records.
Myanmar Doctor Condemns Security Forces Attack on Yangon Hospital
Tet Lann Hospital.
By The Irrawaddy 1 April 2021
Yangon Myanmar’s security forces used slingshots against Tet Lann Hospital in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, on March 8. On Tuesday morning, they broke into the hospital.
While international law prohibits attacks on medical establishments, the security forces raided some private hospitals and fired shots inside the buildings in March. An eyewitness told The Irrawaddy about the raid on Tet Lann Hospital.
Could you tell me about the raid on Tuesday?
Around 1am on Tuesday, South Okkalapa residents banged pots and pans in response to the crackdown on protesters in South Dagon. The security forces arrived at the hospital at around 2am. They fired stun grenades and guns. We did not dare go to the ground floor. We locked the doors and hid in the lab on the top floor. Five hospital cleaners who live at the back of the hospital helped us and hid with us. When the s