The cost of this expansion will be enormous relative to the meager resources of the economy. This is the over-riding reason for their desperate attempts to obtain World Bank assistance and the foreign private investment that they will expect as a consequence. Many social problems have arisen because of that situation. The malnutrition rate has soared in the country, with many cases being detected even in the capital, Rangoon. Yet no effort has been made until today to correct the problem.
Hospitals only have medical staff and nothing else much.
Due to shortage of medical supplies, patients being hospitalized are asked to bring in bandages, medicines and whatever they might need during their treatment. Children with preventable diseases are dying because of the lack of effective primary health care programs. Child and maternal mortality rates are increasing. In the education sector, the drop-out rate at schools from primary level up is on the rise. Young children and students cannot finish their education because they are compelled to go out and work to supplement the family income.