Military hospitals treat poor patients for free
The figures were announced at a ceremony in Phnom Penh on November 1 to mark
the five years since the two hospitals were twinned and the 10 th
anniversary of the free eye surgery programme, assisted by the Ho Chi
Minh City Eye Hospital .
Speaking at the ceremony, General Ly Sovan, Director
of Presketmealea Hospital, said that over the past five years, Hospital
175 has helped Presketmealea treat several senior RCAF officers, under
an agreement signed between the two Defence Ministries.
The hospital has also trained Cambodian doctors
in accident and emergency procedures, anaesthetics, cardiac and kidney
treatments, endoscopy, digestive disorders and physiotherapy.
At the event, General Sum Samnang, head of the General Department of
Logistics and Finance, presented the RCAF’s certificate of merit to Hospital 175 and the HCM City Eye Hospital, as well as the Cambodian Royal Government’s Friendship Order to the three leaders of each hospital./.VNA