Hospitals in Cambodia

I’m  not sure about the professional ability or reputation of the medical facilities, just talk about the price.

In Phnom Penh, Somebody said that Thai-owned Royal Rattanak Hospital is the best international hospital in town, but it’s not cheap! You can see Khmer doctors there for less than the foreign doctors charge, but it’s still fairly pricey. A less expensive option that expats still trust is Sen Sok University Hospital or another international hospitals. The consultant price about 10-20$ with good services.

Another option is clinics, which is slightly cheaper. I have not frequented any Cambodian clinics and have not heard good things.

If you chose national hospitals, may be have a really cheap price, sometimes free, but take you a long time to wait and wait.

My baby got sick with really high fever at the evening. I took her to Kantha Bopha and She was hospitalized immediate. This Hospital run for charity that they’ve treated my baby, fill a prescription, give medicine and X-rays,… free. Everything was good with emergency statement. But when we came back to the second examination, it’s really hard because a huge number of peoples…

Most Cambodian patients  seek care first with a traditional  healer. Traditional  methods  include coining (repeatedly  rubbing  the skin with a coin or other blunt object), cupping (applying heat to a cup on  the  skin so that  the  vacuum  created  causes it to  suck on  the skin), massage, acupressure, herbs and many other Chinese remedies.  Cupping   and  coining,  much  like acupressure  and acupuncture, may serve some  function  in decreasing  pain.  The marks of these treatments are common,  and some bear scars from overly enthusiastic amateur therapists. A patient’s chief complaint can often  be guessed  by noting  where  the  coining  marks are. A patient immobilized  from a traffic accident will often have coining done  to them  before any transportation arrives.

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