Editing Yangon (section)

==Health care==
{{See also|List of hospitals in Yangon}}
[[File:General Hospital, Yangon.jpg|thumb|Yangon General Hospital]]
The general state of health care in Yangon is poor. According to a 2007 estimate, the military government spends 0.4% of the national budget on health care, and 40% to 60% on defence.<ref name=dumber/> By the government's own figures, it spends 849 kyats (US$0.85) per person.<ref name=malpractice>{{cite magazine |title=Another Medical Malpractice Death in Rangoon |url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17547 |author=Arkar Moe |magazine=The Irrawaddy |date=8 January 2010 |access-date=18 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112075354/http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17547 |archive-date=12 January 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Although health care is nominally free, in reality, patients have to pay for medicine and treatment, even in public clinics and hospitals. Public hospitals including the flagship [[Yangon General Hospital]] lack many of the basic facilities and equipment.

Wealthier Yangonites still have access to country's best medical facilities and internationally qualified doctors. Only Yangon and [[Mandalay]] have any sizeable number of doctors left as many Burmese doctors have emigrated. The well-to-do go to private clinics or hospitals like Pun Hlaing International Hospital and Bahosi Medical Clinic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pun Hlaing International Hospital Ltd. - Healthcare Company in Yangon - InvestMyanmar.biz |url=http://www.investmyanmar.biz/infoCompany.php?id=7460 |website=www.investmyanmar.biz |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615194728/http://www.investmyanmar.biz/infoCompany.php?id=7460 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Medical malpractice]] is widespread, even in private clinics and hospitals that serve the well-to-do. In 2009 and 2010, a spate of high-profile deaths<ref name=malpractice/> brought out the severity of the problem, even for the relatively well off Yangonites. The wealthy do not rely on domestic hospitals and travel abroad, usually [[Bangkok]] or Singapore, for treatment.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/feature/health/h012.htm |title=Medical tourism gives patients options |author=Thein Win Nyo |work=The Myanmar Times |date=11 June 2007 |access-date=1 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720093301/https://www.mmtimes.com/feature/health/h012.htm |archive-date=20 July 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The following are healthcare facilities in Yangon in 2010–2011.<ref name=w11-30yr-plan>{{cite journal |url=http://weeklyeleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11524:2011-12-18-04-46-45&catid=43:2009-11-10-07-39-09&Itemid=111 |title=Discussion on a 30-Year Development Plan for Yangon |language=my |journal=Weekly Eleven |date=18 December 2011 |access-date=18 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406172943/http://weeklyeleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11524:2011-12-18-04-46-45&catid=43:2009-11-10-07-39-09&Itemid=111 |archive-date=6 April 2012 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"|FY 2010–2011
! style="width:100px;"|Number of public hospitals
! style="width:100px;"|Number of private hospitals
! style="width:100px;"|Physician-patient ratio
|-
| Eastern District
| 16
| 10
| 1:3638
|-
| Western District
| 10
| 21
| 1:1400
|-
| Southern District
| 23
| 1
| 1:18,176
|-
| Northern District
| 25
| 5
| 1:13,647
|}