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25,000 kilometres, 114 days, 22 countries – a journey for the children of Cambodia
Pure adventure! Oum Bunreth is travelling from Germany to Cambodia - on his motorbike. He makes frequent stops along the way and collects...
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Jul 11, 20241 min read
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Chan Na
Neonatology nurse in Siem Reap
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Jun 1, 20241 min read
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Matter of the heart
Today, 16-year-old Non Sokta is coming to our paediatric hospital in Siem Reap for a check-up. Twelve years ago, our team of doctors...
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May 31, 20241 min read
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Mental health pilot project
Sometimes there are children who suffer terribly. They complain of chest pains, stomach aches, headaches, or they suffer from tiredness...
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May 13, 20242 min read
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For a healed scalp
It all started quite harmlessly, with some dandruff in the hair and an itch. Nothing to worry about, thought Vorn Sopheara's parents. But...
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May 13, 20241 min read
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Basis for life
Families provide their own food for their hospitalised children. There is no central hospital kitchen. Many locals therefore offer the...
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May 13, 20242 min read
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Inauguration of the Maternité extension
120 new places for mothers and their newborn babies, including a neonatal ward: the expansion of the maternity ward in our hospital in...
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May 13, 20241 min read
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Optional study year in the Kantha Bopha hospitals
A two-month placement is offered at the Kantha Bopha Hospitals in Siem Reap with the following rotations (1 month each): - Paediatrics...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read
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Starting aid for the little ones
Babies who are born prematurely or have health complications after birth receive the support they need in the neonatology unit. Here they...
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Feb 6, 20243 min read
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Film matinee in Lucerne with «Familienlos» – 17. March
Zurich filmmaker Angela Spörri accompanied the Cambodian Vichea Thun Chay and his family - the result is a touching documentary film. You...
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Feb 6, 20241 min read
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Abscess on the leg
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria. The pathogens mainly affect the lungs but can also affect other organs and cause serious disease....
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Feb 6, 20241 min read
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Lifelong treatment
Diabetes is an incurable autoimmune disease. In our children's hospitals in Cambodia, we support 458 boys and girls with diabetes,...
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Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Kong Vuthy
Surgeon in Phnom Penh
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Feb 1, 20241 min read
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Facts 2023
- 899,692 children treated as outpatients /Â +36% compared to 2022 - 184,055 children admitted as inpatients / +53% - 16,160 cases of...
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Jan 20, 20241 min read
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We invite you to J.S. Bach at the Grossmünster
An eventful year lies behind us: in 2023, we provided medical treatment and care to over 2,500 sick or injured children in Cambodia every...
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Jan 5, 20241 min read
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Hope for children with cancer
Kantha Bopha - fragrant flower. This was the name of King Sihanouk's much-loved daughter, who died of leukaemia in 1952 at the age of...
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Nov 17, 20232 min read
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Help with chemical burns
One sip from the wrong bottle can endanger a child's life from one second to the next. In Cambodia, lye and cleaning agents are usually...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
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Right to the heart
When Dr. Beat Richner began his work in Cambodia in the early 1990s, the child mortality rate was around 12 percent. The most common...
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Sep 26, 20233 min read
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Insidious infection
Little Chheng Y has a fever and is breathing heavily when her mother brings her to the hospital in Siem Reap. A rash is spreading across...
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Sep 26, 20231 min read
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More tourism means more money for the hospitals
They are mystical and majestic. Their history is fascinating and reminiscent of a bygone era. The monumental buildings of Angkor comprise...
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Sep 25, 20232 min read
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