Naga Thein Hlaing

Naga Thein Hlaing
နာဂသိန်းလှိုင်
Naga Thein Hlaing in 2012
Born
Thein Hlaing

(1933-11-03)3 November 1933
Thaton, Tenasserim Division, Burma Province, India (modern-day Mon State, Myanmar)
Died10 August 2021(2021-08-10) (aged 87)
Yangon, Myanmar
Resting placeYay Way Cemetery, Yangon
Other namesEdward Thompson Hoke Wang, Shwe Darr Bo
CitizenshipBurmese
Alma materUniversity of Medicine 1, Yangon
OccupationSurgeon
Years active1962–1988

Thein Hlaing (Burmese: သိန်းလှိုင်; also Edward Thompson Hoke Wang;[1] 3 November 1933 – 10 August 2021), known honorifically as Naga Thein Hlaing (Burmese: နာဂသိန်းလှိုင်, pronounced [nàga̰ θéɪɰ̃ l̥àɪɰ̃]), was a Burmese surgeon. He was well known for his performance of endocrine surgery in the Naga Hills of northwestern Burma, using local anesthetic only.[2] Since he was able to cure goitre, which local shamans could not do, Thein Hlaing was recognized by the local residents as Naga Nat (God of Naga) and was worshiped as a deity.[3][4][need quotation to verify]

Naga Thein Hlaing is highly respected among Burmese doctors.[5] His life story is still part of popular Burmese medical history, in which he is portrayed as a heroic figure.[6]

  1. ^ "စာရေးဆရာ ညီပုလေးရဲ့ ဝတ္ထု အင်္ဂလိပ်လို ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပြီ". The Irrawaddy. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ambulatory Surgery by Dr Naga". sites.google.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "၂၀၂၁ မြန်မာ စစ်အာဏာသိမ်း - ဆရာဝန်ကြီး ဒေါက်တာ နာဂသိန်းလှိုင် ကွယ်လွန်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ Aung Myin Thu (4 May 2015). "သံသယပျောက်ပြီး အမှန်ဘဝရောက်ဖို့" (in Burmese). Tomorrow Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Doctor for peace". The Myanmar Times. 11 May 2018.
  6. ^ "The adventures of the Myanmar surgeon in Congo". The Myanmar Times. 3 August 2018.