Directorate of Medical Services


The Directorate of Medical Services commands the Myanmar Army Medical Corps. The DMS also commands some military academies jointly with other directorates. Currently the Director of DMS is Maj Gen Soe Win. There are one Director, one Deputy Director, two Staff Officers and two Staff Officers in DMS.

History

At the time of independence in 1948, the army medical corps had two 300-bed military hospitals in Mingaladon and Pyin Oo Lwin, a medical supply depot in Yangon, a dental unit and six camp reception stations located in Myitkyina, Sittwe, Taungoo, Pyinmana, Bago and Meikhtila. Between 1958 and 1962, the medical corps was restructured and all camp reception stations were reorganized into medical battalions.
In the 1990s, the size of DMS was significantly expanded along with the increase in the size of the infantry. In 2007, the DMS had under its administration two 1000-bed Defence Services General Hospitals, two 700-bed Military Hospitals in Pyin Oo Lwin and Aung Ban, two 500-bed military hospitals in Meikhtila and Yangon, one 500-bed Defence Services Orthopedic Hospital in Mingaladon, two 300-bed Defence Services Obstetric, Gynecological and Children hospital, one 300-bed Rehabilitation Hospital, one 300-bed Defence Services Liver Hospital, three 300-bed Military Hospital, twenty 100-bed Military Hospitals, one 25-bed Military Hospital, fourteen field medical battalions attached to various Regional Military Commands throughout the country. Each field medical battalion consists of a specialist team, three Field Medical Companies with three Field Hospital Units. Each field medical company consists of five mobile medical platoons. The Health and Disease Control Unit, located in Mingaladon, is responsible for prevention, control and eradication of diseases. The DMS also had a medical depot in Yangon and a forward medical depot in Mandalay.

Units

  • Directorate of Medical Services
  • 1st DSGH
  • 2nd DSGH
  • 1st MH
  • 2nd MH
  • 1st MH
  • 2nd MH
  • DSOH
  • DSMs
  • 1st DSOGCH
  • 2nd DSOGCH
  • DSLH
  • DSRH
  • 1st MH
  • 2nd MH
  • 3rd MH
  • Medical Depot
  • Forward Medical Depot
  • 1st MB
  • 2nd MB
  • 3rd MB
  • 4th MB
  • 5th MB
  • 6th MB
  • 7th MB
  • 8th MB
  • 9th MB
  • 10th MB
  • 11th MB
  • 12th MB
  • 13th MB
  • 14th MB
  • Health and Disease Control Unit
  • Defence Services Medical Research Unit
  • 1st MH
  • 2nd MH
  • 3rd MH
  • 4th MH
  • 5th MH
  • 6th MH
  • 7th MH
  • 8th MH
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  • 14th MH
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  • 17th MH
  • 18th MH
  • 19th MH
  • 20th MH
  • 21st MH
  • Workshop Unit
  • 1st MH
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  • 6th MH
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  • 14th MH
  • 15th MH
  • 16th MH
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  • 18th MH
  • 19th MH
  • 20th MH
  • 21st MH
  • 22nd MH
  • 23rd MH
  • MH

Affiliations

DMS jointly commands these units with C-in-C 's office_
DMS jointly commands these units with C-in-C 's office_
DMS jointly operates these academies with Chief of Armed Forces Training's office_