AA deputy chief thanks CDM healthcare professionals for providing aid to AA members, supporting revolution

20 Jan 2023

DMG Newsroom
20 January 2023, Sittwe

Health workers involved in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution against the military dictatorship have provided medical treatment for members of the Arakan Army (AA) injured in fighting with the Myanmar military in Arakan State, AA deputy chief Dr. Nyo Twan Awng said on Friday.

The AA would like to honour those health workers at high-level events of the ethnic armed group some time in the future, the doctor-turned-revolutionary said as he gave a talk online addressing the important role played by healthcare workers in Myanmar’s revolution against the military dictatorship.

“There are health workers who have provided medical treatment in various ways to our comrades on the Arakan front. Representing myself and my organisation, the United League of Arakan/AA, I wish to acknowledge them ardently and sincerely,” he said.

Some doctors fled to regions close to the AA after they joined the Civil Disobedience Movement in the wake of the February 2021 coup. And they provided medical treatment for AA members injured in the latest fighting with the Myanmar military, Dr. Nyo Twan Awng added.

Dr. Nyo Twan Awng on Friday shared insights from his 14 years of experience as a revolutionary, emphasising the importance of healthcare workers in the fight.

The doctor expressed his high regard for all of the health workers involved in opposing the military dictatorship. He named some of the prominent doctors-turned-revolutionaries including Health and Education Minister Dr. Zaw Wai Soe of the parallel National Unity Government (NUG), Mandalay University of Medicine Rector Dr. Khin Maung Wai, and Dr. Teza San.

Health workers are important not only to provide medical treatment for resistance fighters, but also to help boost their morale, Dr. Nyo Twan Awng said.

A graduate of University of Medicine 2, Dr. Nyo Twan Awng cofounded the AA in 2009, along with Major General Twan Mrat Naing, fighting for equality and self-determination for the Arakanese people.

Dr. Nyo Tun Aung was joined on Friday by the NUG’s health and education minister, Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, as well as healthcare workers involved in the Spring Revolution.