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Following Daw Oo Zun's passing, U Maung Gyi (BIA) assumed leadership of the association and diligently managed the Mingun
Buddhist Infirmary. In 1952, the Mingun Buddhist Infirmary received official registration with the Department of Social Welfare, marking the beginning of its second level support
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Buddhist Order as a nun at the Paungde Earderly Home. Following 28 years of dedicated service to the elderly, she died in Mingun in May 1944, aged 76. To honor her, a bronze statue of Oo Zun was erected at the Mingun Buddhist Infirmary.
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Pakokku in Magwe Region. Throughout her life, she built several
250:"We Buddhist Burmese people are unfortunately stepping down from the stage and becoming a colony. Why can't we stand on our own two feet and establish a Buddhist nursing home run by ourselves? Let's do it."
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491:၁.ဇူလိုင်လ.၂၀၁၅ ထုတ် ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ မြန်မာအမျိုးသမီးများနေ့ကို ဂုဏ်ပြုဆောင်းပါးအဖြစ် ထွန်းလှိုင် (မြိုင်) ရေးသားခဲ့သော မြန်မာ့ဘိုးဘွားရိပ်သာများ၏ မိခင် ဒေါ်ဦးဇွန်း
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