HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn graciously presided over the Tuesday opening ceremony of a 16bed hospital constructed by the Thai Red Cross Society's funding in Myanmar's Pyapon City.
Following the Nargis Cyclone tragedy, HRH Princess saw to it that the Thai Red Cross Society donated USD720,000 to the Yangon City's national blood donation centre and allocated medical supplies and a budget of USD360,000 to build a health station in Taman Village and the hospital in Doyeng Village, the latter which could cover residents in 73 surrounding villages.
The princess on Tuesday also inspected the nearlycomplete health station, which would cover residents in 26 villages and presided over another opening ceremony of "Kadonkani Cyclone Shelter" building at Kadong Kanee School, which she funded the construction. She also presided over the opening ceremony of the national blood donation centre building, whose renovation was also funded by the Thai Red Cross Society at USD400,000, and presented the 67 medical supply items worth USD348,667 to the centre.
