No outbreak of contagious, epidemic diseases in Myanmar storm-hit areas
www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-11 11:49:00   Print

    YANGON, June 11 (Xinhua) -- There has been no outbreak of contagious and epidemic diseases in Myanmar's storm-hit areas, said a report of the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar Wednesday.

    According to the report, a total of 206,039 storm patients had received medical treatment during a month after the cyclone storm Nargis hit the country on May 2-3.

    Besides, 2,586 medical staff from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense, and experts of non-governmental organizations, over 36,000 private medical practitioners, members of Myanmar Red Cross Society, Fire Services and others health relief teams, as well as 398 members of 13 foreign medics took part in the medical services in the aftermath of the disaster, the report said.

    Moreover, four floating hospitals were also established for treatment of cyclone victims.

    Cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states on May 2-3, killing 77,738 people, injuring 19,359 persons and leaving 55,917 others missing, according to the official death toll. 

Editor: An Lu
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