Dear Friends,
We hope you are enjoying your summer. K.I.D.S. has assisted Angkor Hospital For Children (AHC) in many ways for over twenty years. When we first visited the hospital, they needed laundry sheds, so we offered to build the sheds over the outdoor clotheslines. In the early days, all the hospital's laundry was done by hand and hung out to dry.
In the rainy season, drying the bedding, scrubs, and other items was very challenging. The two sheds significantly improved the ability of the staff to keep up with the demands of the dirty laundry. Unlike hospitals in our world, families have to buy food and cook in the facilities provided at the hospital to feed their children while they stay at AHC. In addition to renovating the kitchen, we built a garden so the poorest families could harvest vegetables to feed their children. We have done many other projects there over the years, including renovating the microbiology lab so the hospital could identify many diseases onsite to shorten diagnosis to treatment time.
We recently received an email from Angkor Hospital For Children (AHC), which we have included below. We want to share it with all of you who have kindly helped so many children and families through K.I.D.S. throughout the years.
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Dear Kids,
Hi! I'm Dr Neary, AHC's neonatologist. I care for newborn babies. We see miracles every day in our neonatal unit. Every day, the smallest babies are fighting to live. Even when all odds are against them. Today, I want to introduce Chan — one of these miracle babies.
Panha was only 7 months pregnant when she felt something wrong. But as a struggling single mother, she worried about the cost of treatment. Panha decided to travel to Siem Reap, where she knew she could find free care. But midway through her journey, Chan was born. Weighing just 1.6 kilograms, Chan was in critical condition.
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The local clinic transferred them to AHC. We immediately placed Chan in an incubator and gave him a feeding tube. He was barely hanging on. While Chan fought to live, our medical social work team supported Panha with food and financial assistance. A month later, Chan had grown strong, stable and healthy. He could finally go home.
Miracles are made every day here at AHC. And we owe it all to supporters like you, KIDS, who never stop caring.
All the best,
Dr. Say Sopheakneary
AHC neonatologist
Thanks for making miracles come true.
Until next time,
Adrianne and Rick
Co-founders