Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
- CEOCambodiaNews
- Expatriate
- Posts: 62459
- Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:13 am
- Reputation: 4034
- Location: CEO Newsroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Contact:
Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
PHNOM PENH - Som Srey Leak, a 20-year-old Cambodian student, has been sleeping on the street outside Calmette Hospital while her father is being treated there. She had a bag with her that she was looking after carefully, which contained her father's documents and $100.
On the night of 9 March, the student put the bag under her head while she was sleeping, but at 11:30pm that night she woke up to find that the bag was in the possession of a 39 year old homeless man Meas Neth, originally from Prey Veng province. The young woman called out to the security guards for help and the man was arrested by police for theft.
Som Srey Leak got her bag back, and let's hope her old dad has recovered, so she can go home and sleep safely.
On the night of 9 March, the student put the bag under her head while she was sleeping, but at 11:30pm that night she woke up to find that the bag was in the possession of a 39 year old homeless man Meas Neth, originally from Prey Veng province. The young woman called out to the security guards for help and the man was arrested by police for theft.
Som Srey Leak got her bag back, and let's hope her old dad has recovered, so she can go home and sleep safely.
Join the Cambodia Expats Online Telegram Channel: https://t.me/CambodiaExpatsOnline
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
YouTube
- bolueeleh
- Expatriate
- Posts: 4448
- Joined: Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:39 am
- Reputation: 842
- Location: anywhere with cheap bonks
Re: Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
at least some justice is served
Money is not the problem, the problem is no money
-
- Expatriate
- Posts: 13458
- Joined: Wed May 28, 2014 11:37 pm
- Reputation: 3974
Re: Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
When I was at Calmette - a few years ago now - the patients' families were camping all over the hospital grounds on mats and in hammocks, cooking fires were smoking away, and kids running around like they do. It was a bit like a sort of mini-refugee camp. But others were sleeping in the street, so I'd guess that camping in the grounds was a paying privilege. If you had a VIP room then it was ok for all the family to stay there with the patient.
Sending a family member to hospital in Phnom Penh is already a big expense for a lot of Cambodians. It's tough that the girl in the OP was apparently alone and having to sleep on the pavement outside the hospital.
At the same time, it makes me wonder how a young girl sleeping on a street outside a hospital would fare in a western country. It can get rough in and around A & E units once night falls - lots of drunkards and druggies and general violence.
Sending a family member to hospital in Phnom Penh is already a big expense for a lot of Cambodians. It's tough that the girl in the OP was apparently alone and having to sleep on the pavement outside the hospital.
At the same time, it makes me wonder how a young girl sleeping on a street outside a hospital would fare in a western country. It can get rough in and around A & E units once night falls - lots of drunkards and druggies and general violence.
- phuketrichard
- Expatriate
- Posts: 16875
- Joined: Wed May 14, 2014 5:17 pm
- Reputation: 5780
- Location: Atlantis
Re: Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
Sad state of affairs when something like this is reported, I give a lot of credit to the girl for taking care of her father BUT
shows you the importance the government places for its people and how poor the locals really are.
shows you the importance the government places for its people and how poor the locals really are.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
-
- Expatriate
- Posts: 3858
- Joined: Mon May 19, 2014 7:49 am
- Reputation: 978
- Location: Outside of Kampong Cham city
Re: Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
When I visited my wife and first born years before you they were sleeping in the hallways. It was vaguely reminiscent of a tubercular ward.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:15 pm When I was at Calmette - a few years ago now - the patients' families were camping all over the hospital grounds on mats and in hammocks, cooking fires were smoking away, and kids running around like they do. It was a bit like a sort of mini-refugee camp. But others were sleeping in the street, so I'd guess that camping in the grounds was a paying privilege. If you had a VIP room then it was ok for all the family to stay there with the patient.
Sending a family member to hospital in Phnom Penh is already a big expense for a lot of Cambodians. It's tough that the girl in the OP was apparently alone and having to sleep on the pavement outside the hospital.
At the same time, it makes me wonder how a young girl sleeping on a street outside a hospital would fare in a western country. It can get rough in and around A & E units once night falls - lots of drunkards and druggies and general violence.
As my old Cajun bait seller used to say, "I opes you luck.
- John Bingham
- Expatriate
- Posts: 13778
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:26 pm
- Reputation: 8975
Re: Girl student robbed while caring for sick dad at Calmette
The emergency ward there is pretty grim on a Saturday night.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 2 Replies
- 1803 Views
-
Last post by timmydownawell
-
- 3 Replies
- 3434 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 4 Replies
- 1485 Views
-
Last post by rozzieoz
-
- 0 Replies
- 1095 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 13 Replies
- 8214 Views
-
Last post by daeum_tnaot
-
- 0 Replies
- 784 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Amazon [Bot], armchairlawyer, Bing [Bot], IraHayes, Semrush [Bot] and 628 guests