The MiCaoBu is running a four-day program, from February 28-March 3rd, bringing mobile medical treatment, free of charge, to three townships in Mon State. MiCaoBu spent one day in each of its three locations, first bringing healthcare to Thanbyuzayat Township, followed by Paung Township, and then Mudon Township, according to MiCaoBu chairwoman Mi Jim Thant.
This mobile medical clinic falls in-line with MiCaoBu’s project objectives, which has, at its core, the objective to implement and support education and healthcare.
“This project is the first project that MiCaoBu has implemented. In addition to this medical treatment project, we will later also provide knowledge and awareness through a library,” said Mi Jim Thant.
Mi Jim Thant remarked that the mobile medical clinic will provide great benefits for those in need of healthcare, but cannot afford to access it.
MiCaoBu’s pilot mobile clinic does not have surgeons, and as such cannot provide surgical treatment at this time. However, for the second phase of this project, MiCaoBu plans to provide surgical treatment to those in need of operations and those suffering from heart-related illnesses.
“Because it is the first time, the project has not included senior doctors, rather only doctors close to the area have been invited to provide medical treatment. With the rate of three doctors per day, MiCaoBu starts its preliminary journey,” said MiCauBu’s Mudon Township Chairperson Mi Lay Mon.
Mi Lay Mon, who is also a writer, said that the Mon Women of Prowess Organization plans to supplement this project with literature talks, while MiCauBu will also discuss ways in which to provide education to young children who should be attending school.
MiCauBu was founded in 2013 in Moulmein, Mon State, to provide books and stationary for Mon summer schools and to help those facing natural disasters.
The first day of MiCauBu’s pilot mobile medical clinic coincided with Mon Women’s Day, which honors the birth of renowned Mon queen MiCaoBu, born on the waxing of the 12 month of Ta-baung of the Mon/Burmese lunar calendar.
