03.04.2025 (12:01 PM)

■ Four Russian specialists to provide free treatment for bone, joint, and general surgeries at the Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital in Sagaing Hills

■ ■ Since the earthquake, Sayadaw Ashin Saykinda, along with his disciples, has been donating equipment and funds for search and rescue operations in Sagaing Hills

The Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital in Sagaing Hills announced on April 2 that four Russian specialists will provide free treatment for bone, joint, and general surgeries at the Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital in Sagaing Hills.

The Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital, led by the Sitagu Adhipati Sayadaw himself, is hosting a group of earthquake-affected monks, nuns, and The nuns and lay people will be provided with free medical examinations and surgeries by two Russian orthopedic surgeons and two general surgeons at the Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital in Sagaing Hills until April 9.

Therefore, the statement said that the earthquake-affected people in Sagaing City and Sagaing Hills are urged to come to the Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital as soon as possible.

In addition, the Sitagu Adhipati Sayadaw Buddha suspended the (11th) free Sitagu Eye Surgery Program held in Yangon on the evening of March 28, and sent (16) doctors and nurses back to the Sagaing Hills where the earthquake struck to treat the injured monks, nuns, and lay people at the Sitagu Ayudhana Hospital in Sagaing Hills.

Similarly, on March 31, the 89-year-old Sitagu Adhipati Sayadaw traveled from Yangon to Sagaing by car and stayed at the Sitagu Vipassana Academy in Sagaing Mountain. He donated food to earthquake-affected schools, inspected the schools damaged by the earthquake, and instructed to repair the water pipes of the Sitagu Water Supply and Sewage Treatment Plant damaged by the earthquake as soon as possible.

Therefore, donors from all over the world who wish to donate to earthquake-affected schools can come to the Sitagu World Buddhist University in Yangon to donate.

In addition, along with the disciples of the Sitagu Sayadaw, Sayadaw Ashin Sekinda is donating machinery and money for search and rescue operations in the Sikai Mountain.

“Although the monk Sitagu was unable to go down to the ground immediately due to his health, his disciples went down to the ground with the monk Ashin Sekinda and donated money and equipment to those who were searching and rescuing the collapsed monasteries and nunneries on the Sithkai mountain. They are also donating whatever they can to other monks and nuns. If you ask them, you can find out what the monks are doing.”