Kantha Bopha marks 25 years of child health

Kantha Bopha hospitals have treated almost 17 million children and pregnant women at a cost of $632 million, the organisation said, as it celebrated its 25th anniversary last week. Dr Beat Richner, known as the hospital’s founder, retired earlier this year for medical reasons and is being treated at his home in Switzerland.

In a statement to mark the anniversary, he recalled the first child treated at Kantha Bopha, on the second of November 1992. “Twenty-five years ago, Kantha Bopha hospitals became a model. The Cambodian Red Cross as well as the Cambodian government declared that thanks to Kantha Bopha’s successful activity, mother and child mortality decreased in the country.” Dr Richner said. 

Speaking from the hospital near Wat Phnom, Kampot province resident Phun Ith said she bought her grandson to the medical centre for treatment five days ago, fearing for his life. He had severe diarrhea and vomiting.

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