Myanmar parliament calls for halt to Parkway hospital project
12-May-16, Channel News Asia
Politicians in Myanmar’s lower house called for a stop to the Parkway Yangon Hospital project. The new hospital, costing US$70 million, was to provide a 250-bed private medical facility in downtown Yangon.
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The previous government had approved the project, saying it would improve the healthcare standards and services to the Myanmar citizens, but the decision was reversed by the Lower House.
The project met with heavy criticism from some parliamentarians, medical practitioners and citizens. They argued that the project is sitting on government-owned public land, and it should therefore be a public facility.