Myanmar authorities have detained 11 HIV/AIDS patients  in a Yangon hospital following the group's recent demonstrations calling for the release of detained HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thinn. The patients are being detained at Waybargi Infectious Diseases Hospital on the outskirts of Yangon. "The authorities made necessary preparations in advance at the hospital to confine them in isolation as 'political patients ' ," Myint Thein of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was quoted as saying by Reuters . " These 11 people had been holding prayers at pagodas for the release of Phyu Phyu Thinn since May 23. "  Another HIV/AIDS activist and colleague of Phyu Phyu Thinn, Yazar , said the patients were taken from their homes to the hospital on Tuesday after being told they would receive proper treatment. 
Myanmar authorities detained 11 HIV/AIDS patients for three days in a Yangon hospital following the group's recent demonstrations calling for the release of detained HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thinn. The patients were being detained at Waybargi Infectious Diseases Hospital on the outskirts of Yangon. "The patients were given a series of tests and all of them were freed Friday ," Yazar, a colleague of Phyu Phyu Thinn and a supporter of the National League for Democracy , was quoted as saying by Associated Press . " Three of the patients were given ARV (anti-retroviral) treatment and all of them were provided with cash to return to their homes in their districts, " said Yazar, who like many Myanmar people only has one name. Yazar said the patients were taken from their homes to the hospital on Tuesday after being told they would receive proper treatment. "The authorities made necessary preparations in advance at the hospital to confine them in isolation as 'political patients'," Myint Thein of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was quoted as saying by Reuters. "These 11 people had been holding prayers at pagodas for the release of Phyu Phyu Thinn since May 23."
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"The authorities made necessary preparations in advance at the hospital to confine them in isolation as 'political patients'," Myint Thein of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was quoted as saying by Reuters. "These 11 people had been holding prayers at pagodas for the release of Phyu Phyu Thinn since May 23."