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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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Brave girl
It looks painful – and the doctors assure that Leang Seangly was really, really brave. The moments of shock are still written all over...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Cello concert in honour of Dr. med. Beat Richner
How much can a person move and achieve if he persistently believes in his idea and goes his own way? Beat Richner, MD, showed us this...
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Sep 9, 20231 min read
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Yung Socheata
Paediatrician in Phnom Penh
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
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Knie Gala 2023
Graceful acrobatics, spectacular jumps, crazy water shows - and the latest information from our five children's hospitals in Cambodia: On...
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May 10, 20231 min read
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So Sokhom
Head of the hospital workshop in Phnom Penh
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May 1, 20231 min read
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SDC prolongs support for Kantha Bopha children's hospitals in Cambodia for five more years
The Kantha Bopha children's hospitals, founded by Dr Beat Richner in 1992, have made a major contribution to improving the health system...
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Mar 17, 20233 min read
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Chhun Eng
Gardener in Siem Reap
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Audience in the palace
On 6 November 2022, a delegation of the Foundation Board as well as the Cambodian chief physicians were invited to the palace in Phnom...
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Nov 6, 20221 min read
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8th International Kantha Bopha Symposium
On 3 November 1992, the Kantha Bopha Hospital, destroyed by war and rebuilt by Dr. Beat Richner, was ceremoniously inaugurated by the...
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Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Sharing knowledge andlearning new things
By locals for locals. Development at Kantha Bopha Hospitals has continued apace despite the pandemic period: The cardiac specialists from...
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Jun 6, 20222 min read
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First visit to the Kantha Bopha after two years
Two years after the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, a delegation of the Foundation Board was able to visit the Kantha Bopha Hospitals...
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Feb 17, 20222 min read
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Kantha Bopha signs updated memorandum of understanding with Swiss partners
The Cambodian Kantha Bopha Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Swiss Kantha Bopha Foundation to further...
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Feb 9, 20222 min read
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