Relocated Myitsone Villagers Report Health Problems In New Location

Relocated Myitsone Villagers Report Health Problems In New Location   Myitsone villagers forced to relocate by the Burmese junta in Northern Burma, Kachin State are now suffering from varied illness and lack of health care facilities in their new place, said local people.   Children are the worst sufferers and their lives are threatened because there is no facility for treatment, said a source who visited the place.   “Almost all the poor children are sick,” said the local pastor quoting a...

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