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> I've been to a public hospital in Yangon once, and it was full to the brim with very long waiting times. Ended up just leaving before I come out with somethin
by ValentineC 7y ago
> I've been to a public hospital in Yangon once, and it was full to the brim with very long waiting times. Ended up just leaving before I come out with something worse I went in with.
Huh, I was down with severe food poisoning in Yangon in early 2016. A local associate of my friend brought me to the local hospital's A&E department, where I got an injection of some sort and diarrhoea medication. I was out of the hospital in probably 30 minutes.
I'm not in the position to assume that their hospitals can handle a severe outbreak, but their medical system wasn't that bad when I had the unfortunate chance to experience it.
- dharma1 7y agoCould have been timing, or the hospital. I've heard others have had good experiences also. Still, I really don't think they have enough ventilators or intensive care capacity to cope with a coronavirus epidemic. 70% of the population live in rural areas where they don't even have hospitals
- helij 7y agoNobody has enough ventilators. Also, people in the West mostly underestimate the rest of the world and their capabilities. Once you show them that majority of the rest of the world does not live in caves they are bummed. It's ignorance.