Specialty Care
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COVID-19, ICU, SepsisLife-saving treatment during lockdown: Sopheak’s story
AHC treats children from all 25 provinces in Cambodia, with many traveling hours at the best of times to receive the care they need. A sustained community transmission of COVID-19 in late February 2021 led Cambodia to a national outbreak. The national and local…
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Chronic Care, Education, Out-patient, Respiratory, VolunteeringTraining the next generation of Cambodian paediatric specialists
Dr Um Khemuoy is training to become Cambodia’s next generation of paediatric specialists, so children requiring respiratory treatment can access the care they need. In Cambodia, there are only two doctors for every 10,000 people (WHO, 2014). Only a fraction of these trained doctors…
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Education, Health System Strengthening, Surgery, VolunteeringMeet the mentors of Cambodia’s paediatric surgeons
Over the past decade, Dr Kevin Gandhi has volunteered at AHC every year to perform life-saving surgery on Cambodian children and build the capacity of AHC’s surgical unit. He is one of the many volunteers helping develop AHC’s paediatric subspecialty care and education. Dr…
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AHC News, Education, Nursing, Volunteeringលោកគ្រូសោម សុផល ២០ឆ្នាំនៃការថែទាំនៅជួរមុខ
ក្នុងឆ្នាំ១៩៩៨ ផ្លាកសញ្ញាមួយបានប្រកាសជាភាសាខ្មែរនិងអង់គ្លេស នៅកណ្តាលដីស្រែមួយក្នុងក្រុងសៀមរាប។ វាលស្រែមួយនេះហើយគឺជាទីតាំងដូចគ្នាដែលមន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារអង្គរត្រូវបានសាងសង់។ សេចក្តីប្រកាសនោះគឺផ្លាករើសបុគ្គលិកវេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ និងមិនមែនវេជ្ជសាស្ត្រដោយមានជំនួយជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស ដើម្បីរើសបុគ្គលិកនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យថ្មីមួយ។
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Som Sophal’s 20 years of Frontline Care
In 1998, a sign was posted, in both Khmer and English, in the middle of a rice field in the town of Siem Reap. This rice field was the exact ground where AHC was to be built. The sign advertised for medical and non-medical…
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Education, SurgeryEducating Cambodia’s First Paediatric Surgeons
The majority of children in Cambodia still cannot access safe and affordable surgical and anaesthesia care when they need it. This lack of even the most basic surgical services, such as bone setting, can lead to preventable deaths or chronic disabilities. Beyond treatment, opportunities…
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