Medicine shortages reported in Thandwe Twsp

By Admin 30 Apr 2024

DMG Newsroom
30 April 2024, Thandwe

Medicine shortages have been reported in Thandwe Township, where fighting between the military and Arakkha Army (AA) is escalating, due to the junta blockades of land and water routes, locals said.

Medicine and food shortages followed after the regime blocked off the entries and exits of Thandwe on April 24.

“The military council has banned people from delivering medicine to Thandwe Township. Now we cannot buy medicine. We can only buy the remaining medicines,” said a local man in Thandwe.

He continued that because of the shortage of medicine, pregnant women, the elderly, and people who are hospitalised and receiving medical treatment are facing more difficulties.

According to local residents, the regime is seizing medicine brought from mainland Myanmar, claiming that the drugs are being delivered to the AA.

The regime has blocked roads, there is a shortage of medicine and there is no flow of goods, and the prices of basic food are also rising, causing difficulties for the locals.

“Local people have run out of medicine due to road blockages. Food prices have also increased more than twice the previous prices. Local people are facing livelihood hardships,” said a Thandwe resident.

The regime has tightened security checks on locals and travellers at entries and exits of Thandwe and set up more security checkpoints since April 13, local residents said.

“The regime deployed several junta soldiers at the entries and exits of Thandwe. Locals need to show their ID cards when they travel to other areas. Two security checkpoints have been set up since April 13. The junta-trained militiamen are deployed at new security checkpoints,” said a resident.

Upwards of 10,000 local people from about a dozen villages such as Purit, Dawmya Supotegon, Phayarmaw, and Chinkwin in Thandwe Township were forced to flee their homes by junta shellings and airstrikes.