Myanmar’s Health Crisis Spills Over Borders
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Nurse Gree Say identified suspicious spots in a toddler’s throat as diphtheria, a disease she had only read about in textbooks and never encountered in over a decade of nursing.
- The Mae Tao Clinic, located in Mae Sot on the Thai-Myanmar border, was established in 1989 to serve refugees fleeing military crackdowns in Myanmar.
- The clinic is experiencing a surge in patients due to the ongoing civil war in Myanmar following a military coup, which has devastated the country’s healthcare system.
- Myanmar’s health infrastructure has been severely impacted by bombings, doctor strikes, budget cuts, and mass displacement of civilians seeking medical care in neighboring countries.
