Groundbreaking ceremony

Currently, a new building of surgical ward and maternity ward is under construction in Kratie Provincial Referral Hospital (KPRH) to improve the in-hospital environment, especially the environment for pediatric surgical treatment. Its groundbreaking ceremony was held on January 11.

Around 60 participants, including the Governor of Kratie Province, representatives of Provincial Health Department and hospital’s staff attended the ceremony. Monks were also invited to the ceremony, and together with all participants prayed for the completion of the construction. The ceremony lasted about an hour, and the Governor of Kratie Province expressed his gratitude to the people of Japan for their continuous support to Kratie province and commented that "Today I am very glad that surgical ward and maternity ward of KPRH is renewing their buildings, so I would like to request all hospital staff to take good care of the patients and provide good service".

Since the current building of surgical ward is separated from the operating theatre, before and after the surgery, patients have to be transferred by stretchers outside through the buildings of two wards even in rainy or sunny weather. In order to improve this situation, the new building of surgical ward and maternity ward will be built next to the operating theatre.

In addition, the new building is also nearby pediatric ward, which means all the clinical departments related to child care will be physically integrated. So, these departments will easily cooperate to provide the appropriate care to pediatric patients depending on their growth condition and symptom. Mr. Saeki Kazato, the Country Representative of FIDR Cambodia, emphasized the importance of realizing the "Team Medicine" and said, “When each staff and each department work together and utilize their speciality to treat patients, KPRH can become the role model of team medicine in northeastern Cambodia”.

Image of new buildings

Currently, foundation work is underway to complete the construction at the end of 2021. The construction is proceeding speedily with the noise and safety measure being taken so that it will not disturb hospitalized patients.