China helps upgrade Myanmar hospital

Madame Wang Xuehong, the wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded renovation project of the Bahan Women's Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]

Madame Wang Xuehong, together with Dr. Mya Thida, the wife of the Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded renovation project of the Bahan Women's Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]

Madame Wang Xuehong and Dr. Mya Thida lay the foundation for the China-funded renovation project of the Bahan Women's Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]

Madame Wang Xuehong (right sixth), Dr. Mya Thida (left sixth) pose for a group photo at the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded renovation of the Bahan Women's Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. [Photo:China Plus]

Bahan Women's Hospital, formerly named after Khin Kyi, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's late mother, is a publicly-funded hospital in Yangon's Bahan Township. [Photo: China Plus]

China is helping in renovation of a major hospital in Myanmar's economic hub Yangon.

At the groundbreaking ceremony held on Tuesday, Madame Wang Xuehong, the wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, said Bahan Women's Hospital will be transformed into a fully equipped and functional obstetrics and gynecology hospital with outpatient and inpatient services, as well as delivery rooms and surgery rooms.

China will also provide training for doctors and nurses at the hospital. When the project is completed, Bahan Women's hospital will become the first China-Myanmar friendship hospital.