Cambodia's major children's hospital Kantha Bopha has announced a plan to seek assistance of 7 million U.S. dollars from the government to treat children with dengue fever, as more than 3,000 children have contracted the disease in just the first 15 days of June, local media said on Monday.
Hospital director Beat Richner has been asking for assistance and recommendations from Prime Minister Hun Sen to fight the spread of the disease, daily newspaper the Rasmei Kampuchea quoted Lam Eng Hour, deputy director of the hospital, as saying.
Just on June 16, around 607 out of 2,144 children receiving treatment at all branches of the hospital in Phnom Penh were infected with dengue fever, said Lam Eng Hour, adding that around 6,000 children have been infected with the disease from the early months of this year to the end of May.
Most of the children hospitalized in the last few days are from Kompong Speu, Takeo, Kompong Cham, Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, Kampot provinces and Phnom Penh, he said.
The disease has killed 109 in all branches of the hospital in the first five months of the year, according to another daily newspaper the Koh Santepheap.
Failure to send children to hospitals in the early stages of the illness and the overuse of drugs have led to the huge number of death, said Heng Taykry, secretary of state at Ministry of Health, during his visit to the fourth branch of the hospital.
The spread of the disease was worse than last year, when just 3 million U.S. dollars was needed for the children's diagnosis and treatment, he said.
The hospital had six containers of medical supplies and now ran out of stock, but it already purchased eight more containers of serums, drugs and medical supplies, which are currently being transported to Cambodia, he added.
However, he said, the hospital is hard to endure till next month if further assistance is unavailable.
Source: Xinhua
Hospital director Beat Richner has been asking for assistance and recommendations from Prime Minister Hun Sen to fight the spread of the disease, daily newspaper the Rasmei Kampuchea quoted Lam Eng Hour, deputy director of the hospital, as saying.
Just on June 16, around 607 out of 2,144 children receiving treatment at all branches of the hospital in Phnom Penh were infected with dengue fever, said Lam Eng Hour, adding that around 6,000 children have been infected with the disease from the early months of this year to the end of May.
Most of the children hospitalized in the last few days are from Kompong Speu, Takeo, Kompong Cham, Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, Kampot provinces and Phnom Penh, he said.
The disease has killed 109 in all branches of the hospital in the first five months of the year, according to another daily newspaper the Koh Santepheap.
Failure to send children to hospitals in the early stages of the illness and the overuse of drugs have led to the huge number of death, said Heng Taykry, secretary of state at Ministry of Health, during his visit to the fourth branch of the hospital.
The spread of the disease was worse than last year, when just 3 million U.S. dollars was needed for the children's diagnosis and treatment, he said.
The hospital had six containers of medical supplies and now ran out of stock, but it already purchased eight more containers of serums, drugs and medical supplies, which are currently being transported to Cambodia, he added.
However, he said, the hospital is hard to endure till next month if further assistance is unavailable.
Source: Xinhua
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