| Outpatient | 17,810 |
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| Inpatient | |||
| Intensive Care Unit | 69 |
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| Low Acuity Unit | 63 |
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| Emergency | |||
| Surgery | |||
| Home Care | |||
| Dental Care | |||
| Eye Care | 409 |
781 |
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| ARV Treatment | 4 |
7 |
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| Lab Tests | 9,718 |
Children perform traditional
dances at the 10th Anniversary Celebration.
On February 22, AHC celebrated its 10th Anniversary in Siem Reap. Sour Phirin,
Governor of S iem Reap province and Mam Bunheng, Minister of the Ministry
of Health joined the ceremony along with many other individuals essential
to the success of Angkor Hospital for Children throughout the past ten years.
During the ceremony, staff members who have been employed at AHC ten years
received an certification of appreciation. Many congratulations to the AHC
staff for all they have done for the children of Cambodia.
Additionally, thank you so much to all of the volunteers
and supporters for continued kindness and generosity. Without your help and
support, our mission would not be achieved.
13-year-old Meang Kok lives in Prasat Bakong district with his
family, about 17 kilometers from Siem Reap city. Like many children in Cambodia,
Kok works every day after school. His job is to climb palm trees to collect
the palm water to sell around his village. The 2000 or 3000 riel ($.50 -$.75)
he makes each day from selling the palm juice goes to his family and helps
to pay for his studies at school.
Recently, one day after school, Kok was climbing a palm tree when he lost
his balance and fell about five meters to the ground. His parents took him
to a nearby private clinic where they started an IV. His condition was serious
and his family decided to spend nearly 50,000 riel ($12.50) to rent a car
to bring him to AHC.
Suffering from multiple trauma injuries he was quickly assessed and treated
in the Emergency Room before going to the operating room for further treatment
under general anesthesia. After just a couple days in the hospital, Kok was
able to be discharged and returned home.
Treating Malnutrition
Thy Channy after being treated for malnutrition.
Thy Channy is a one-year-old girl from Chong Khnies village, around 12 kilometers
from Siem Reap. Channy was admitted to AHC late February weighing 6.2 kgs.
After a few days spent at AHC treating malnutirition, she was discharged home
with a weight of 7.4 kgs. On behalf of Angkor Hospital for Children and the
children of Cambodia, we would like to say thank you to Abbott for their strong
commitment and support to provide better health care and nutrition to the
children seen at AHC.
This month, more than seventy-eight AHC staff attended first-aid
training workshops conducted by Medical Team International (MTI). This year,
four members of MTI visited the hospital to offer refresher First-aid and
CPR training courses for nurses and doctors at AHC.
The MTI team also ventured more than 425 kilometers to Kratie province with
several AHC nurses to provide First-aid training to government workers from
the Provincial Hospital there.
Volunteer
Story
Dr. Lita Vespermann volunteers with the Dental Outreach
Team.
“In January, I spent two weeks at the Dental Clinic at AHC. I am not exaggerating
when I say that in this short period of time, I gave a piece of my heart to
Cambodia. I am a twenty-eight year old German dentist currently living in
Singapore. Living in a well developed and rich state such as Singapore, the
differences are so apparent between here and Cambodia, even though it is only
a short flight away. I really wanted to help bring back awesome smiles on
the faces of Cambodian children.
Mostly, we treated the patients in the dental clinic at AHC but some
afternoons were spent visiting schools and orphanages to provide dental education.
The dental nurses would teach the class about the importance of brushing and
technique to use and the whole class listened intently. It was great to see
how interested and alert the students were as they watched the cleaning demonstration
of the tooth model. They were so eager to learn and thankful for the toothbrushes
we distributed. This really touched my heart.
Additionally we treated any children with tooth pain. We pulled out a lot
of destroyed teeth and the children were very brave.
I am deeply impressed by the warmhearted staff of the dental clinic and most
of all the amazing children. Their eyes are sparkling with joy and they welcome
you with their happiest and brightest smiles even though most of them are
incredibly poor. They gave me so much more gratification than I could give
them. This was my first trip but certainly not my last. Thank you to Angkor
Hospital for Children for your great care of this volunteer!”
AHC was very proud this month to have the opportunity to tour the US Ambassador to Cambodia, Carol Rodley, around the hospital. For the last several years, AHC has been awarded funds through USAID to support various programs at the hospital.
DCH Ceremony at AHC
Graduates of this year's DCH course.
On February 12th, four of AHC’s medical doctors and one government doctor
from Phnom Penh graduated from the Diploma Child Health course. This course
is offered through a partnership with Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Australia)
and provides senior AHC doctors with continued education training in the primary
care of children. A big thank you to Dr. Kathy Currow, Mrs. Wendy Haigh and
Dr. Bob Tynan for their support of the DCH program.
AHC Satellite Project at Sot
Nikum
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Sot
Nikum Satellite Clinic
The AHC Satellite Project will be located at Sot Nikum Referral Hospital (SRH). SRH is a government administered referral hospital located in the Sot Nikum District, nearly twenty miles from AHC. The AHC Satellite Project at Sot Nikum Referral Hospital will care for children referred by local health centers because they require immediate inpatient care. The goal is to improve the quality of care and increase the utilization of the pediatric ward at the SRH as well as improve the referral system between health centers and allow children to remain in their own communities for medical treatment. Additionally, we hope to improve family health education. We also hope to promote skills which will maintain and improve the pediatric ward.
