Bago River Bago River Bago River (; Pegu River) is a river of southern Myanmar. It flows through Bago and Yangon. It arises in the hills of the Pegu Range and flows into the Myitmaka River which below that point is called the Yangon River. In 1608 the Portuguese adventurer Philip de Brito e Nicote, known as Nga Zinka to the Burmese, plundered the Shwedagon Pagoda. His men took the 300-ton Great Bell of Dhammazedi. De Brito's intention was to melt the bell down to make cannons, but it fell into this river when he was carrying it across. To this date,
University of Nursing, Yangon 1986, and was upgraded to university status in 1991. In 1994 it became the first medical training facility in the country to offer a four-year, full-time BNSc degree program. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in various fields of nursing. Courses undertaken at the University of Nursing are eligible for credit transfers towards courses taken at the Open University of the UK. Each of the following nursing universities also takes in 100 students per year. University of Nursing, Yangon The University of Nursing, Yangon ( ; formerly The Institute of Nursing, Yangon) is a nursing university, located in Lanmadaw