Our Team
Our Team
Program Manager: Kanchana Thornton
Kanchana Thornton, graduated from UTS with Bachelor of Nursing, Post-Graduate Diploma in Maternal and Child Health and has been an Australian Volunteer at the Mao Tao Clinic on the Thai-Burma border since 2001 through Australian Volunteers International. Kanchana has been working as a Thai Government liaison coordinator, Child Health Program coordinator and BCMF Program Manager liaising between Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot Hospital and Chiang Mai Hospital.
Medical Advisor: Dr Cynthia Maung
Dr Cynthia Maung will provide the medical advice for the program. Dr Cynthia is a Karen woman who fled Burma in 1988 and founded the Mae Tao Clinic. Dr Cynthia has been recognized internationally for her humanitarian work and for her work at Mae Tao Clinic.
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Name: Mu Ni Age: 28 At MTC: 9 years Current position at MTC: Manager of Adult In-patient Department since 2004 Education: 1997-199 Primary health care training, then eighteen months rotations into difference departments at Mae Tao clinic. My last rotation was at adult In-patient Department where I stay and work up to today. Involvements in BCMF: I refer patients that are unable to be treat at the clinic or at Mae Sot Hospital to BCMF. |
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Name: Tin Shwe Age: 28 At MTC: 5 years Current position at MTC: Manage of hospital referral since 2004 Education: Eighteen months Health assistance training, then six rotations into Involvement in BCMF: Went the program except patient. I will to take patient to Mae Sot Hospital (MSH) to get referral form to Chiang Mai hospital or if patients’ at MSH and needs to be refer to Chiang Mai for further treatment. Then I will inform kanchana to come an access and talk to MSH doctor. I also help taking patients for follow-up post-op in Mae sot, if that was the recruitment for Chiang Mai Hospital. I have to communicating with patients regarding traveling and medical appointment dates. |
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Name: Billy Htoo Age: 34 At MTC: 8 years Current position at MTC: Manager of Trauma Deptartment Education: 1996-1998 Teaching at Noh Poe refugee Camp 1998-2000 Primary Health Care Training Involvements in BCMF: I refer patients that are unable to be treat at the clinic or at Mae Sot Hospital to BCMF. |
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Name: May Soe Age: 36 At MTC: 12 years Current position at MTC: Manager of Child Out- Patients Department Education:1989-Basic Medical Training 1994-Maternal and Childe Health Training One-year rotations into difference departments at Mae Tao clinic 1998-1999- Manage of a boarding school in a refugee camp Involvements in BCMF: I refer patients that are unable to be treat at the clinic or at Mae Sot Hospital to BCMF and monitoring children’s health while waiting for surgery. |
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