Hospital Grounds

5 April 2010

Preparations   |  Hospital Grounds   |   Dedication Ceremony

The original hospital was a building used as a tuberculosis ward in the Takeo regional hospital. It served well for a number of years and the new hospital is laid out on the same general plan but with much more room and much nicer facilities.
The sign for the hospital, near the main entrance. The hospital is right off the main highway in Takeo, very accessible to people on the road.
The main entrance
The main entrance and the administration building. The buildings were positioned in an arrangement that is both efficient and aesthetically pleasing.
Administration building and entrance
Another wing of the building, with the operating theaters. The gold spirit house is a part of all Cambodian buildings, a residence erected for the spirits who were displaced by the new construction.
The dining facility
Because there is no cold weather, all the waiting areas are along covered corridors throughout the hospital.
Patient waiting areas
Many patients are treated on an out-patient basis and can return home the day of their treatment. For those requiring more extensive recuperation from surgery, the hospital provides this open-air dining room.
Open-air dining room
Patients can buy simple meals in the hospital eating area or their families can cook for them in this kitchen area with many wood-fired stoves right off the dining area.
Patient cooking area
The cashier's office near the center of the building. Patients are charged very reasonable rates, following a sliding scale according to their ability to pay.
Cashier's office
In Cambodia, whole families go to the hospital, especially when a parent is sick. Someone has to cook and take care of the patient. A playground for the children becomes essential.
Children's play area
The foreign doctors who train the local eye doctors and nurses live in these two staff houses near the main building.
Staff quarters
The whole facility is well landscaped, with many touches, such as the decorative light, seldom seen in Cambodia.
Landscaping