The military council has blacklisted medical doctors who completed their studies at medical universities across Myanmar in December 2020, denying them their medical degrees for refusing to serve under their administration. Dr. Soe Khaing Win, the military council’s Minister of Health, acting under Min Aung Hlaing’s orders, has implemented travel restrictions affecting 1,022 doctors, preventing them from leaving the country.
These medical professionals, despite completing their education, face political oppression through the denial of their medical degrees, medical licenses, and international travel rights. A doctor who graduated in 2020 stated that the military council is deliberately oppressing medical professionals. The council’s actions against these doctors are politically motivated, despite the doctors’ work being unrelated to political matters, and stem from their refusal to work under military administration.
The doctors, who wish to provide medical care based on humanitarian principles, face numerous obstacles due to the military council’s oppressive measures. Furthermore, the council is violating the doctors’ professional rights and restricting their freedom to practice their profession. The systematic denial of medical degrees and professional licenses represents a deliberate strategy to control and suppress healthcare professionals who refuse to comply with the military administration’s demands, effectively preventing them from practicing medicine independently or seeking opportunities abroad.
