Founded 1961 Number of beds 150 | Emergency department Yes Established 1961 | |
Affiliated university | ||
The South Okkalapa Maternal and Child Hospital (Burmese: တောင်ဥက္ကလာပ မိခင်နှင့်ကလေး အထူးကုဆေးရုံ) is a 150-bedded specialist public hospital in South Okkalapa Township of Yangon. Colonel Tun Sein (B.A Zeyya Kyaw Htin Thiripyin Chi Thu) laid foundation for the hospital on 18 February 1960 and U Nu, the first Prime Minister of Myanmar, officially opened it as a Catholic Missionary Hospital on 1 May 1961. It became a 100-bedded specialist hospital for women and children on 12 July 1965 and then was upgraded to a 150-bedded Maternal and Children Hospital on 19 August 1987.
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It is also a teaching hospital affiliated with University of Medicine 2, Yangon.
Catchment areas
The hospital is providing services for the following townships.
Inpatient wards
References
South Okkalapa Maternal and Child Hospital Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA