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The outgoing Indian Ambassador to Myanmar discussed cooperation between India and Myanmar and donated medical supplies to the junta military when he met junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing.
Min Aung Hlaing and the ambassador, Mr. Vinay Kumar, who is returning to India after completing his diplomatic tour of duty, met at Min Aung Hlaing’s Naypyitaw office on 29 March. They discussed bilateral relations, and cooperation in the trade, economic and investment sectors.
The ambassador also donated medicines and medical supplies to the Director of Medical Services Maj-Gen Ko Ko Lwin, for the 1,000-bed Tatmadaw (Armed Forces) Military Hospital in Naypyitaw.
Amongst the medical donations were two Aarogya Maitri Cubes, a modular ‘flatpack’ field hospital that can be delivered by helicopter and assembled faster than flatpack furniture. The hospital is contained in 72 small waterproof cubes, each weighing under 15kg and measuring 38cm x 38cm x 38cm (15 x 15 x 15in).
They are packed with tents and specially designed medical equipment such as a mini-ICU, an operation theatre, cooking station, food, water, a power generator, blood test equipment, an X-ray machine, and more.
The cubes, can be easily delivered to disaster and war zones and quickly assembled there. They are cutting-edge Indian technology and were only first unveiled in December 2023.
According to campaign group Justice for Myanmar, the Indian government is sending supplies to the Myanmar junta which it is using to oppress the population.
According to a 27 March report by Justice for Myanmar, 10 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), mostly operating under India’s defence ministry, have supplied military equipment, technology and fuel to the Myanmar military since its coup attempt.
