Major Myanmar hospital a ‘mass casualty area’ after powerful quake

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — A major hospital in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw is a “mass casualty area” after the country was rocked by a huge earthquake, an official at the facility told AFP.

Rows of wounded were treated outside the emergency department of the 1,000-bed general hospital, some writhing in pain, others lying still as relatives sought to comfort them.

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