Angkor Hospital for Children

Angkor Hospital for Children

In 2013, Children of Cambodia (CoC) opened its neonatology ward at Angkor Hospital for Children, the first of its kind in Cambodia.

CoC is a non-profit organisation dedicated to making healthcare facilities available, affordable and accessible.

The team has embarked on a new program to restore function to children afflicted by burns and other trauma in partnership with Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital.

A total of 152,151 children have been treated at Angkor Hospital for Children, as of 2013. 98% of the staff are also Cambodians, ensuring the hospital operates under a sustainable healthcare system.

Scene at the common area of the Angkor Hospital for Children.

Patients having an early packed dinner at the hospital.

Locals waiting in line at the triage before going for the consultation.

A man holds the packet of fluid solution for the Intravenous IIV) Rehydration for his child while being treated by the nurse in the triage room, at the Angkor Hospital for Children.

A man holds the packet of fluid solution for the Intravenous IIV) Rehydration for his child while he is being treated by the nurse in the triage room.

A boy suffering from asthma breathes in through an oxygen mask in the treatment room, at the Angkor Hospital for Children.

A young boy is weighed using a large weighing scale in the triage room.

A nurse screens a long renewing line of patients at the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in the morning...In order to better attend to the hundreds of patients that seek medical treatment at AHC, where treatment is free of charge, a system is put in pla

A nurse screens a long renewing line of patients at the hospital in the morning.

Patients waiting for their turn to seek treatment at the Angkor Hospital for Children.

A mother and her daughter waiting for their turn to seek treatment at the Angkor Hospital for Children.

A young girl looks on as trainee doctors are tested by the senior doctors, on their diagnosis of the patient.

Outside the Angkor Hospital for Children, vendors are able to set up their stalls and earn a decent living, while also providing affordable food and supplies to those who come to seek treatment at the hospital.

Vendors are able to set up their stalls outside the hospital and earn a decent living, while also providing affordable food and supplies to those who come to seek treatment at the hospital.

Families awaiting for their turn at the waiting area in Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Due to the improved infrastructure and resources, the number of outpatients AHC treats annually has risen from approximately 23,500 in 2000 to 116,000 in 2013.

The hospital serves an average of 500-550 outpatients each day.

Family members sharing a bed to rest in the hospital.

The mother of a patient looks out the window of the surgical ward in the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC)...Three-year-old Heng Sokhok suffers from a congenital heart disease that causes him to pant and run out of breath easily. Together with her husban

The mother of a patient looks out the window of the surgical ward.
Three-year-old Heng Sokhok suffers from a congenital heart disease that causes him to pant and run out of breath easily.

Medical staff examining the burn contracture on a patient's arm.

In the neonatal intensive care unit, a baby is fed in his isolette, used as an incubator for premature infants that provides controlled temperature and humidity and an oxygen supply.

A baby being cared for by the staff in the neonatal care unit.

Newborn babies stay in a room dedicated to the neonatal department, as they are often very susceptible to germs and infections.

Children play in the hospital compound while waiting for their turn to see the doctor.

Thousands of children in Cambodia die each year from preventable and treatable diseases as a consequence of poverty.

To address this, AHC established a new paediatric centre in the government-operated Sot Nikum Referral Hospital. This mitigates the need for poor families to incur enormous costs to get to AHC, many miles away.

A young girl receives a fruit from a volunteer at the AHC Satellite clinic in Sot Nikum.

For those who travelled a long way to get to AHC and are unable to get back home before it turns dark, the common waiting spot transforms into a sleeping area in the late evening, using mosquito nets and the benches.