Attacks on Health Care in Myanmar

Documented incidents

30 April 2025: At a military checkpoint at the entrance of Shwebo town, township, and district, Sagaing region, medicines and instruments were confiscated from a truck by the Myanmar military. The truck was seized, and the driver and a passenger were arrested. The truck was from Seik Khun village and village tract, Shwebo township. Source: Khit Thit Media

30 April 2025: In Pyan Hleit village and village tract, Yinmabin township and district, Sagaing region, a nurse was killed with four gunshot wounds by a battalion commander of the PDF at her home at around 9:30 pm. The witness claimed that it was a murder-suicide event in which the commander later shot himself. The commander was found dead with two gunshot wounds on his chest. The junta media claimed that it was an attempted rape case and after being shot by the nurse, the commander returned fire. The nurse was affiliated with the civil disobedience force and was working for a makeshift hospital in the areas controlled by local resistance forces. Sources: Myanmar Pressphoto Agency, People Media Myanmar and The 74 Media

03 May 2025: In Chaung Nar village, Moe Hnan village tract, Kawlin township and district, Sagaing region, a station hospital was destroyed by a bomb dropped by a Myanmar military fighter jet at around 9 pm. As the hospital was not functioning, there were no casualties. Sources: Myaelatt Athan, Shwe Phee Myay News Agency and Zalen

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