Logo of Phnom Penh Post newspaper Phnom Penh Post - Kantha Bopha outpatient visits jump 71% in 2022

Kantha Bopha outpatient visits jump 71% in 2022

Content image - Phnom Penh Post
Parents bring their children to Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital in Phnom Penh in 2022. Hong Menea

Kantha Bopha outpatient visits jump 71% in 2022

Last year, nearly 660,000 sick children were treated in the outpatient ward of Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital – a 71 per cent increase on 2021 figures, according to a hospital report.

“659,608 sick children were treated, and 119,958 were hospitalised, a jump of 48 per cent over the previous calendar year,” said the report.

It added that 4,682 children suffering from severe cases of dengue fever were admitted to the hospital, a figure which the health department has warned is likely to rise this year.

26,613 surgical procedures were carried out, including 1,055 open-heart surgeries.

The report continued that 91,015 pregnant women were examined and treated in the outpatient station – almost half as many again as in 2021 – with 22,301 deliveries taking place in the maternity ward of Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap province.

The mortality rate of hospitalised children was 0.45 per cent across the five Kantha Bopha hospitals.

In January 2023, 62,410 children were treated in the outpatient wards, with 10,193 hospitalised, 318 of them for dengue fever.

In the same month, 2,147 children underwent surgeries. Eighty-five open- heart operations and interventional catheterizations were done in the surgical wards of Kantha Bopha hospitals in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.

At the maternity ward of Jayavarman VII, 8,677 pregnant women were examined, and 1,839 deliveries occurred.

The hospital’s foundation took to social media to highlight two unique cases.

“On January 20, a four-year-old boy was transferred from Kampong Cham province with severe pneumonia. After 15 days in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) – four of them on a ventilator – he recovered,” it said.

“Congratulations and a big thank you to the amazing talented team of the PICU, who saved his life,” it added.

In mid-January, the digestive unit of Jayavarman VII Hospital treated another four-year-old boy. After swallowing the head of an arrow, he was admitted to the hospital.

“Following successful treatment, the boy has now been discharged,” it concluded.

MOST VIEWED

  • Wing Bank opens new branch in front of Orkide The Royal along Street 2004

    Wing Bank celebrates first anniversary as commercial bank with launch of brand-new branch. One year since officially launching with a commercial banking licence, Wing Bank on March 14 launched a new branch in front of Orkide The Royal along Street 2004. The launch was presided over by

  • Girl from Stung Meanchey dump now college grad living in Australia

    After finishing her foundational studies at Trinity College and earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Melbourne in 2022, Ron Sophy, a girl who once lived at the Stung Meanchey garbage dump and scavenged for things to sell, is now working at a private

  • Ministry using ChatGPT AI to ‘ease workload’; Khmer version planned

    The Digital Government Committee is planning to make a Khmer language version of popular artificial intelligence (AI) technology ChatGPT available to the public in the near future, following extensive testing. On March 9, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications revealed that it has been using the

  • Wat Phnom hornbills attract tourists, locals

    Thanks to the arrival of a friendly flock of great hornbills, Hour Rithy, a former aviculturist – or raiser of birds – in Kratie province turned Phnom Penh tuk tuk driver, has seen a partial return to his former profession. He has become something of a guide

  • PM urges end to ‘baseless’ international Ream base accusations

    Prime Minister Hun Sen urges an end to “baseless” foreign accusations surrounding the development of the Kingdom’s Ream Naval Base, as the US has consistently suggested that the base is being expanded to accommodate a Chinese military presence. Hun Sen renewed his calls while

  • Almost 9K tourists see equinox sunrise at Angkor Wat

    Nearly 9,000 visitors – including 2,226 international tourists – gathered at Angkor Wat on March 21 to view the spring equinox sunrise, according to a senior official of the Siem Reap provinical tourism department. Ngov Seng Kak, director of the department, said a total of 8,726 people visited Angkor Wat to