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Living with diabetes in Cambodia
On Monday afternoon, Menglis, a 5-year-old boy, is brought to the pediatric intensive care unit by his father, who is visibly worried...
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Feb 264 min read
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Kantha Bopha - what does it mean to you?
Employees tell us what our hospitals mean to them.
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Feb 211 min read
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Kantha Bopha is Initiating National Project
Many children in Cambodia are born at home, some in local health centres or regional hospitals. When complications arise, the mothers and...
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Feb 204 min read
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Return of Energy
The cheerful, lively boy was suddenly very calm and quiet. Pov Layseak also complained of pain in his stomach and chest, but he had no...
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Feb 201 min read
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Balance 2024
2,675 local employees work in our five children's hospitals and the Maternité in Cambodia. In the past year, they have once again made an...
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Feb 202 min read
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Giving external integrity
In 2024, Jayavarman VII Hospital recorded a total of 406 patients with significant burn injuries. Of these, 225 patients had burns that...
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Feb 184 min read
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Welcome, dear Laura
Laura will be joining our team in Cambodia from February 2025. The medical student will be working in our children's hospital in Siem...
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Feb 12 min read
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Between heart and culture: two formative months as a sub-assistant in Cambodia
The decision to take up a two-month internship in Cambodia was anything but easy for me. Especially the thought of spending my birthday,...
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Jan 313 min read
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The problem with the feets of Chetra Ma
Chetra Ma is a boy who faces great challenges due to his clubfoot. He finds it difficult to walk as the deformity causes his feet to turn...
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Jan 202 min read
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Kiss goodbye
I still remember my first day at work very clearly. I was excited and full of anticipation. Accompanied by Rachel and Jan, I made my way...
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Jan 62 min read
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Welcome, dear Anett
Anett will be joining our team in Cambodia from January 2025. The medical student will be working in our children's hospital in Siem Reap...
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Jan 12 min read
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Christmas Spirit in Siem Reap?
What do candles have to do with an intensive care unit? If you assumed it’s for festive reasons, I’m afraid I must disappoint you. Before...
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Dec 27, 20243 min read
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The birth and growth of the neonatal intensive care unit
Let's take a little trip back in time. Four years ago, on 14 April 2020, on the same day as the Khmer New Year and during the COVID-19...
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Dec 17, 20244 min read
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Welcome, dear Luca
Luca will be joining our team in Cambodia from December 2024. The medical student will work for two months at our children's hospital in...
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Dec 1, 20242 min read
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Zwänzgernötli Advent campaign 2024
Have you been part of our circle of donors and friends for some time? Then you probably remember the Zwänzgernötli campaign in 2004: Our...
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Dec 1, 20241 min read
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We have grown professionally and personally
After two intensive months at Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital in Siem Reap, it is time for us to say goodbye. Our assignment here was...
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Nov 30, 20242 min read
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SDC Director visits our hospital in Siem Reap
SDC Director Patricia Danzi visited our children's hospital in Siem Reap during her official trip to the Mekong region. During her visit,...
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Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Prof. Ratanak – our dedicated paediatric neurosurgeon in Siem Reap
During our internship at Kantha Bopha Hospital in Siem Reap, we were able to rotate in the paediatric surgery department, among others....
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Nov 19, 20241 min read
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Almost at his destination
Mit dem Motorrad um die halbe Welt: Om Bunret ist mit seinem Motorrad in Siem Reap eingetroffen und hat unser Team besucht.
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Nov 11, 20241 min read
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A heart for Lo Tian
The story of a newborn with a complex heart defect. We first met Lo Tian in the cardiac intensive care unit. At this time, he was a...
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Nov 8, 20241 min read
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