Myanmar builds first liver transplant hospital

By IANS,

Yangon : Myanmar is building its first-ever liver transplant hospital, a media report said Sunday.

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With technological help from the Changi General Hospital of Singapore, construction for the $40 million private hospital began last month, Xinhua reported citing weekly newspaper Voice.

The hospital will also offer services to patients with heart and kidney diseases.

A liver transplant at the hospital will cost about 20 million Kyats (around $25,000), much lesser than in other countries, the report said.

Myanmar experts carried out successful liver transplant operations for the first time in 2004.