Phnom Penh hospital closed by Ministry for illegal foreign doctors after Chinese woman’s death

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The Ministry of Health has decided to close a hospital in Phnom Penh, after it was discovered that the hospital was employing illegal foreign doctors, following an inspection after the death of a foreign national last week The Ministry has named the offending establishment as Beethoon Cambodia Hospital, located at 506 Monivong Blvd., Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh.

 

The decision came after the death of a Chinese woman being treated at the hospital According to a press release issued last night, the decision to close the hospital was made because it did not comply with the technical conditions and did not comply with the warranty contract when requesting to open the department.

 

The hospital broke the law on the management of private professions in the field of accompanying medicine and medical assistance and Sub-Decree No. 94 on the Procedures and Conditions for Permitting Foreigners to be Associate Medical Practitioners and Professional Medical Assistance Private in the Kingdom of Cambodia, as well as Prakas No. 034 OPSMIP of the Ministry of Health, by illegally employing foreign doctors without a license, which led to the death of a foreign patient who died in In Beethoon Hospital, Cambodia on August 18, 2023.

 

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