AHC Celebrates Nine Years!
In February, AHC celebrated its ninth anniversary. Kenro Izu, the Founder
of Friends Without A Border, members from the Friends Board of Directors,
and supporters arrived from Japan and the USA to join the festivities, meet
staff and patients, and tour the developments of the hospital.
What started with a vision of a building a small clinic to help the children
of Siem Reap has grown into a facility that now attracts hundreds of children
each day. There have been more than 500,000 visits to AHC by Cambodian families
since the hospital opened its doors in 1999.
Congratulations to all the hospital staff, volunteers and supporters from
around the world who have helped make AHC the best pediatric hospital in Cambodia.
(left) Cambodian monks preside over anniversary celebrations/
(right) Mother with child in ICU Photo courtesy of Karl Grobl (Feb/2008)
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Research Published
Conducting and sharing research continues to play an integral part at AHC.
Improving the care we provide and sharing the findings with others to improve
care on a wider scale.
Congratulations to AHC staff members Dr. Ngoun Pheaktra, Dr. Varun Kumar,
Hor Putchat, Lina Sen and Bun Sen who recently had their research article,
“Burkholderia Pseudomallei Antibodies in Children, Cambodia”, published by
Emerging Infectious Diseases. AHC staff joined members of Mahidol University
(Bangkok) and the University of Oxford (UK) in conducting the research. A
full online text version of the article may be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/2/301.htm
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International Conference
Dr. Pagnarith could not join the festivities in Siem Reap this month because
he was in Hawaii attending the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 37th
Critical Care Congress. He joined former AHC volunteer, Dr. Jason Reynolds,
in presenting the research project, “Nasal CPAP protocol reduces intubation
and improves mortality in resource poor settings."
Dr. Pagnarith discusses his research at international
conference
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