By Quentin Hewitt | Development Director
Since January of this of this year, the Medic Teams in Eastern Myanmar have dealt with 15 serious injuries in the communities that they serve, including two landmine injuries and three gunshot wounds.
The improved security situation has meant that the medics have been able to develop informal relationships with some township hospitals in Eastern Myanmar to be able to refer patients once they are stabilized. Previously, all patients in need of care were carried across the border into Thailand.
A resurgence of skirmishes between various armed groups in Eastern Myanmar over the last few months has created a more unstable security situation. While medics, and the population at large, still enjoy much greater freedom of movement than during the height of armed conflict, the peace remains fragile and uncertain.
Medic teams have been hampered by a lack of supplies due to funding constraints. In many cases, they have had to source supplies from clinics in their areas, However, the clinic supplies, particularly for pain management, are not optimal for the types of injuries that the medics are typically dealing with.
Preparations are being made for the next Advanced Trauma Training which will take place in January 2015. Medics returning from the field will bring new data which will further illustrate the changing situation in Eastern Myanmar.
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