after the war, myint swe worked at the rangoon general hospital, now back at the prewar location, for four years. in 1949, he went to school in ahmedabad for further education, and received his mbbs degree in 1951. he then started a private practice in 1952 in yangon. he was one of the principal physicians with the title of "mahabhisaka" caring for the health of the monks at the sixth buddhist council (1954–56). while leading a successful private practice, he continued to see patients in poor sections of the irrawaddy delta, and volunteered at the kaba aye sangha hospital and the sasana yeiktha from 1956 to 1976.