Insein General Hospital
# Insein General Hospital

The Insein General Hospital (Burmese: အင်းစိန်ဆေးရုံ) is a 500-bed public hospital and teaching hospital located in northern part of Yangon, with 9 in-patient wards and 6 specialty clinics.

## History

In 1930, a well-known wealthy man in British rule, Sir Pho Thar, built and donated a 50-bed station hospital as an ancient colonial style building. Thus, it was known as Sir Pho Thar Hospital at that time. It was upgraded to 100-bed general hospital in 1952, 150-bed with specialty units for dentistry, orthopedics, laboratory and radiology in 1965 and 300-bed in 1991. With all these development, it became a central level government hospital in July 1995.

In 1996, a new 3-storey building and a guard ward for imprisoned patients with 20 beds were developed. Prisoners from Insein Prison are admitted in this guard ward as the prison is located nearby the hospital.

## Wards

* General Medical Ward
* General Surgical Ward
* Obstetrics & Gynecological Ward
* Pediatric Ward
* Trauma & Orthopedic Ward
* Ophthalmological Ward
* Otorhinolaryngological Ward
* Intensive Care Unit
* Sanga Ward for Buddhist Monks
* Guard Ward for Imprisoned Patients
* Oncology Ward

## Specialty clinics

* Elderly Clinic
* Dentistry Clinic
* Physical Medicine
* Psychiatric Clinic
* Tuberculosis Clinic
* ART Clinic
* Dermatology clinic
* Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
* Medical Oncology Clinic

## Diagnostic departments

* Radiology Department
* Pathology Department
* Microbiology Department

## Auxiliary departments

* Medical Record Department
* Medical Store Department
* Kitchen
* Laundry
* Motor Transport

## Teaching programs

The hospital became a teaching hospital of University of Medicine 2, Yangon in 1993. It is also affiliated with University of Medical Technology, Yangon, University of Pharmacy, Yangon and University of Nursing, Yangon.

### Undergraduate

* MBBS degree
   * Third MB
   * Final part II
   * House surgeon
* Postgraduate
   * M Med Sc (Internal Medicine)
   * Dip Med Sc (Hospital Administration)
* Others
   * Nursing training
   * Pharmacist training
   * Paramedical sciences (Radiology, physiotherapy and lab technicians)
