Sitagu Buddhist Missionary Group and Htoo Foundation
\ncollaborated in a programme for the examination and treatment of eye diseases at the District
\nHospital in Putao from 5 to 7 November 2011. An advance team was dispatched to Putao and the
\nSitaguSayadaw accompanied by other members arrived in Putao by air on 5 November 2011. Air
\nBaganprovided free transport for the group. SitaguSayadaw, a team of nine doctors from both
\noverseas and local, fourteen nurses and helpers, medical superintendent and doctors at Putao
\nDistrict Hospital, personnel of Htoo Foundation and a team from MRTV-4 joined forces in the
\nprogramme<\/p>\n
A total of 800 patients were given free eye examination and
\ntreatment among which 92 patients regained vision after being given free eye operations. Htoo
\nFoundation arranged food, lodging and transport for SitaguSayadaw and group at Malikha hotel
\nin Mulasheedi village. Sitagu Sayadaw and group arrived back in Yangon on 8 November 2011.<\/p>\n
Htoo Foundation bore part of the expenses for medical supplies
\nand provided transport and three meals a day for patients and their attendants coming from far-
\noff places. Htoo Foundation expended over Kyat 40,000,000 in donation for the implementation
\nof this programme. SitaguSayadaw donated an oxygen concentrator, a monitoring system, two
\noperation tables, a unit of light source while Htoo Foundation donated a well, a generator
\ncomplete with distribution box, an air-conditioner, mattresses, pillows, blankets and fuel oil to
\nrun the generator in case of emergency treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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