Information on Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Cambodia (Latest Updates December 2021)

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Re: Information on Coronavirus in Cambodia from 8 March 2020 (Latest Updates)

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Kammekor wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 7:12 pm
clutchcargo wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:59 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:39 pm
Or Vandine, spokesperson for the Health Ministry, confirmed that patients will have to pay for treatment at private hospitals.
Guaranteed free treatment for Covid-19 has been taken of the table. FYI.
Where is this quote from Kammekor? I've missed seeing it. Coz that's a significant departure from the existing policy of only some public hospitals treating Covid cases.
Post number post488078.html#p488078 from @CEOCambodiaNews.
That's a big development..
Meanwhile, as hospital beds run short in Phnom Penh, Health Minister Mam Bunheng has decided to allow private hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients in the capital. The decision, he said in a press statement, was made in order to help relieve the burden on public hospitals, which have been overwhelmed by the rise in cases.

Private healthcare facilities will require permission from the Ministry of Health and will have to adhere to conditions set by the ministry, but the statement was unclear whether COVID-19 patients will have to pay for treatment.

Or Vandine, spokesperson for the Health Ministry, confirmed that patients will have to pay for treatment at private hospitals.

This comes just days after the ministry approved the use of rapid testing kits officially known as Rapid Agent Test COVID-19 to be carried out by private hospitals across the country on April 22.
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It is. Free treatment has been taken off the table unless you find a place in an overwhelmed government hospital (a place you probably don't want to be).
So if you don't have medical insurance covering covid maybe you want to reconsider staying in Cambodia.
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the 'burden on pubic hospitals' they're taking about is obviously a financial one
if they can ship the covid dead out to aural
they can ship the living to provincial hospitals if necessary

but now they think they have their covid immunity
they're pulling up the ladder

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Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:44 pm the 'burden on pubic hospitals' they're taking about is obviously a financial one
if they can ship the covid dead out to aural
they can ship the living to provincial hospitals if necessary

but now they think they have their covid immunity
they're pulling up the ladder
Maybe with about 8,000 registered cases now, and 5%-10% getting seriously ill and needing oxygen or more (400-800 people) they simply did reach the limits of the government hospitals?

Cambodia isn't famous for it's excellent health care, isn't it?
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Kammekor wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:12 pm
AM34 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 2:57 pm Can anyone confirm that it's now possible to enter Phnom Penh from the provinces? I have work permit, letter from employer, etc. Looking forward to finally returning home.
No, you can't.
Thanks! What's your source on this? Is this explicitly stated somewhere; or you know from firsthand experience? I'm hearing conflicting explanations, so trying to pin down the details.
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phuketrichard wrote:how long till the medical services are no longer able to cope?
Due to virus patients filling 80% of the wards, Kossamak hospital closed.

Once all the virus patients have been sent to other places, ? Maybe the Koh Pich mega site? , the hospital will open back up.

Please be safe out there!
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nemo wrote:Maybe they want to unclog the trade in farm products
Farm products haven been sitting at a warehouse distribution center outside the city for so long that all the produce has spoiled.

And the eggs have hatched, with baby chicks running around in the egg crates.

Funny, but super sad.

Please stay safe out there!
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AM34 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:31 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:12 pm
AM34 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 2:57 pm Can anyone confirm that it's now possible to enter Phnom Penh from the provinces? I have work permit, letter from employer, etc. Looking forward to finally returning home.
No, you can't.
Thanks! What's your source on this? Is this explicitly stated somewhere; or you know from firsthand experience? I'm hearing conflicting explanations, so trying to pin down the details.
It's what the governor of Phnom Penh published today as an addition to HE's statement.
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Kammekor wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:56 pm Maybe with about 8,000 registered cases now, and 5%-10% getting seriously ill and needing oxygen or more (400-800 people) they simply did reach the limits of the government hospitals?
i don't think there are so many serious cases filling beds
but if there are, and they are very sensibly co-opting private beds
they need to pay for it

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Brody wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:46 pm
Josideb wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:26 pm PP remains under lockdown.
For how long?
Until morale improves :beer1:
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