Chronic Care Facility - AIDS Home

Another top class facility for the HIV and AIDS patients. The CCF home provides quality care for the terminally ill, and is for many the last place to get treatment. The staff provide the best care available in all Cambodia, and once again it is free for the patients.

All is not doom and gloom though. With the recent advances in medication, many will have their lifes prolonged, and for some the miracle of actually getting better is already reality. A few have even been readmitted to the outpatients clinic, and they have truly gotten a new lease in life!

CRC - Community Resource Center

CRC is actually an AIDS out patients' clinic in Central Phnom Penh. Every morning around 70-80 patients arrive here for their checkups and daily treatments for those who need them.

All patients are seen and their vital signs taken, monitored and recorded in their medical files. All the medication is free, and the clinic enables patients to carry on with their normal life, continuing to earn a living and care for their families.

Picture of the Day - Tuesday 18/12

18/12 Medical Records, Pharmacy and the Warehouse

As a teaching and training hospital, The Sihanouk Hospital excels in many aspects. The patients' details and test results have been meticulously recorded much from the start of the Hospitals existence. This is unheard of in many countries, but creates a solid foundation for both individual care and ongoing research work. There are many projects going on with the Institute of Tropical Diseases and AIDS/HIV work, and many of the findings are very positive indeed!

To complement the treatment, also medicines come free. Much of them are funded by the Global Fund or donated by various manufacturers or organisations from around the world. HOPE also runs an advanced warehouse facility with proper cold storage, and distributes medicines to other clinics and hospitals too.

18/12 The Emergency Room and the Wards

The busiest place in the hospital, and where many lives are saved every week. Life at the well equipped ER is much like in the TV series, this time only with real people and real drama. The seasoned doctors and nurses evaluate, test and consult - and do a fantastic job, for free!

Picture of the Day - Monday 17/12

The Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE

The Sihanouk Hospital has been a refuge for hundreds of thousand of patients over the last ten years. It is run by HOPE worldwide, and staffed by some 300 local professionals and a host of specialists who come from all over the world to work, care and teach here.

The hospital provides free, quality care for the poor in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. It also does a lot of valuable training of medical staff and has helped the country's medical profession, care and development in a number of areas.

17/12 Monday Morning Starts at the Hospital

Three hundred people waiting for the triage to start. For many in Phnom Penh this is the only place where they can come and receive quality care, for free. Every morning hundreds of people gather at the hospital entrance. Each one is seen, assessed and cared for. Those with more severe conditions are admitted either at the Emergency room or the Outpatients Clinic.