ClinicInExile.mp4

Part 1 of 3: Years of political upheaval in Burma has forced thousands of people to seek refuge in neighboring Thailand, either as registered refugees or unregistered migrant workers. There are also thousands of internally displaced peoples desperately trying to stay alive in areas aggressively patrolled by the State Peace and Development Council (the oppressive Burmese military).

The first big wave of asylum seekers fled to Thailand after the 1988 student uprising in Rangoon, among them was a young doctor, Dr Cynthia Maung. When in Mae Sot, Dr Cynthia Maung collaborated with sympathetic Thai and Karen communities to establish an emergency referral service for sick and injured asylum seekers to access health care at the Mae Sot hospital. In an effort to curb the rampant malaria and diarrhoea in the border region, Dr Cynthia started to train others in basic health care. These initial efforts slowly grew into the comprehensive health centre, which is the Mae Tao Clinic.

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• Dr Cynthia
• Burma

[robertsanga80]

It's hard to just even imagine that Burmese people are suffering terribly because of the dictatorial regime!