PHOTO ESSAYS: FBR: JUNGLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE KAWTHOOLEI: FBR_JDX7465

Naw Khu Khu Say, a medical student, checks vital signs of an in-patient at the Free Burma Ranger medical clinic at the Jungle School of Medicine Kawthoolei. This patient was diagnosed with a severe case of staff infection in her left shoulder and left hip, a life threatening infection that was succesfully operated on. Common diseases inside Burma include malaria, typhus, diarrhea with dehydration, dysentery, pneumonia, typhoid and minor and major trauma from daily life and the continuing conflict with the Burmese Army.

Naw Khu Khu Say, a medical student, checks vital signs of an in-patient at the Free Burma Ranger medical clinic at the Jungle School of Medicine Kawthoolei. This patient was diagnosed with a severe case of staff infection in her left shoulder and left hip, a life threatening infection that was succesfully operated on. Common diseases inside Burma include malaria, typhus, diarrhea with dehydration, dysentery, pneumonia, typhoid and minor and major trauma from daily life and the continuing conflict with the Burmese Army.