title: Insein General Hospital
text: # Insein General Hospital
  
  The Insein General Hospital (Burmese: အင်းစိန်ဆေးရုံ) is a 500-bed public hospital and teaching hospital located in northern part of Yangon, with 9 in-patient wards and 6 specialty clinics.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1930, a well-known wealthy man in British rule, Sir Pho Thar, built and donated a 50-bed station hospital as an ancient colonial style building. Thus, it was known as Sir Pho Thar Hospital at that time. It was upgraded to 100-bed general hospital in 1952, 150-bed with specialty units for dentistry, orthopedics, laboratory and radiology in 1965 and 300-bed in 1991. With all these development, it became a central level government hospital in July 1995.
  
  In 1996, a new 3-storey building and a guard ward for imprisoned patients with 20 beds were developed. Prisoners from Insein Prison are admitted in this guard ward as the prison is located nearby the hospital.
  
  ## Wards
  
  * General Medical Ward
  * General Surgical Ward
  * Obstetrics & Gynecological Ward
  * Pediatric Ward
  * Trauma & Orthopedic Ward
  * Ophthalmological Ward
  * Otorhinolaryngological Ward
  * Intensive Care Unit
  * Sanga Ward for Buddhist Monks
  * Guard Ward for Imprisoned Patients
  * Oncology Ward
  
  ## Specialty clinics
  
  * Elderly Clinic
  * Dentistry Clinic
  * Physical Medicine
  * Psychiatric Clinic
  * Tuberculosis Clinic
  * ART Clinic
  * Dermatology clinic
  * Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
  * Medical Oncology Clinic
  
  ## Diagnostic departments
  
  * Radiology Department
  * Pathology Department
  * Microbiology Department
  
  ## Auxiliary departments
  
  * Medical Record Department
  * Medical Store Department
  * Kitchen
  * Laundry
  * Motor Transport
  
  ## Teaching programs
  
  The hospital became a teaching hospital of University of Medicine 2, Yangon in 1993. It is also affiliated with University of Medical Technology, Yangon, University of Pharmacy, Yangon and University of Nursing, Yangon.
  
  ### Undergraduate
  
  * MBBS degree
     * Third MB
     * Final part II
     * House surgeon
  * Postgraduate
     * M Med Sc (Internal Medicine)
     * Dip Med Sc (Hospital Administration)
  * Others
     * Nursing training
     * Pharmacist training
     * Paramedical sciences (Radiology, physiotherapy and lab technicians)
  