Myanmar delegates visits SKY hospital

Pothashang news service: Imphal, June 10, 2019: Ahead of the Imphal Conference (India-Myanmar) to be held tomorrow, the visiting 10–member Myanmar delegates led by H.E Dr Aung Moe Nyo, chief minister of Magway Region Government of Myanmar visited SKY Hospital on today afternoon.

They were accompanied by V. Vumlunmang, Principal Secretary, Manipur.

The visit was to inspect the infrastructure available at the “super specialility” Cardiac Hospital where world class facilities for Interventional Cardiology and Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery (open heart surgeries) are available.

The visiting team inspected the Cath-lab, CTVS Operation Theatre, Post OP ITU,ICCU and other facilities available in the Hospital. Dr Nyo expressed his satisfaction on the equipments and man power available in the hospital and further expressed his willingness to send cardiac patients from his country to SKY Hospital, Imphal which is conveniently located very close in the neighbouring India with low travel and treatment costs to the patient with high quality treatment as compared to other neighbouring countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

The visiting chief minister appreciated the services of the chief cardiologist Dr L. Shyamkishore Singh who had more than 15 years of cardiology experience from London, UK. Dr Shyamkishore, chairman of the hospital expressed that it was a pround moment not only for SKY Hospital but also for the state of Manipur when the visiting Myanmar delegates recognised the hospital as a leading Cardiac care centre of this region and assured the delegates to accommodate cardiac patients from Myanmar for treatment as per British standard where he had practised.