MPHA President Visits Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan, Seeks Solutions for Healthcare Workforce and Resource Challenges

To address critical shortages in healthcare professionals and hospital beds, Dr. Aye Aye San, President of the Myanmar Private Hospitals’ Association (MPHA), visited the 2024 Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan with the specific aim of gaining a thorough understanding of Taiwan's advancements in telemedicine, AI-assisted diagnostics, and smart hospital management systems.

Throughout the Expo, Dr. Aye Aye San repeatedly praised Taiwan’s medical expertise. Reflecting on past collaborations between Myanmar and Taiwanese hospitals in capacity building-including critical care, emergency medicine, and endoscopy-she noted that Taiwan’s know-how has earned a strong reputation in Myanmar. “We look forward to deepening cooperation on this solid foundation,” she said.

Furthermore, Dr. Aye Aye San expressed particular admiration for Taiwan’s achievements in digital healthcare transformation. “I saw many software systems that support patient care, which are especially important for us given our severe workforce shortages,” she noted. The introduction of bedside patient monitoring systems, for example, allows nurses to better track patient conditions and improve care quality and efficiency.

Dr. Aye Aye San is also actively exploring broader areas for collaboration-from telemedicine projects and bilateral expert exchanges to joint ventures in smart medical equipment manufacturing. She emphasized that the main goal of her visit was to lay a solid foundation for future, in-depth cooperation. “Taiwan’s experience is exactly the model Myanmar urgently needs to learn from,” she said, expressing hope that this exchange would help introduce Taiwan’s mature smart healthcare solutions to Myanmar, breaking through resource bottlenecks and moving toward sustainable development.