YANGON (8 Oct 2020) – The Ayeyarwady Foundation have completed the building of the biggest Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU) Centres for COVID-19 patients at the Thuwanna Stadium in Myanmar’s capital city of Yangon.
The Ayeyawady Foundation is under the chairmanship of Zaw Zaw, who is also the President of the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF).
The latest 75-bed ICU and HDU centres are equipped with world-class medical equipment and are a joint cooperation between the Ayeyarwady Foundation and also the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Ayeyarwady Centre A was previously set up with 575 beds alongside 300 more beds at Centre B.
It has now expanded the ICU and HDC centres with 75 more beds for a total of close to 1,000 beds with staff from the Ayeyarwady Foundation and a further 350 volunteers working together.
The Ayeyarwady Foundation have utilised USD 5 million for this COVID-19 treatment program with a further USD 2 million from other donors.
