A Telemedicine nurse from Sihanouk Hospital Center Hope (Phnom Penh) will be visiting the Hironaka school this week to provide medical checks and treatments (if necessary) for the children in the village. The Hironaka school is fortunate enough to be located in Robib, where the first Cambodian Telemedicine clinic was opened. (photo: World Assistance for Cambodia)
“Telemedicine involves the use of communications technology to move medical information rather than moving patients, so that anyone, anytime, anywhere can benefit from the best health care available. Throughout history, medical experts have tended to congregate in large metropolitan areas, limiting access of those who live in remote regions of the world. Telemedicine is becoming a powerful tool to bridge this inequality of access to quality medical care.”
“Partners Telemedicine and Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE have named their collaborative program in Cambodia “Operation Village Health.” Operation Village Health opened the first Cambodian telemedicine clinic in Robib, a rural community in the district of Rovieng. In two and a half years, over two hundred patients have been treated for medical ailments ranging from acute abdominal pain to iodine deficiency and diabetes.”
For more information go to:
Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope, Phnom Penh
Telemedicine – Center for Connected Health