Expectations exceeded at new dental hospital
When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up tending cows and cutting grass under the Khmer Rouge. What he’s most proud of is the fact that people no longer need to travel outside Cambodia to get top notch dental care. The American, Chinese, Japanese and Malaysian embassies have all acknowledged Roomchang as a safe place for their staff to get dental work done. Dr Tith recently signed a contract with the Peace Corps, a US government volunteer service, that enables the young American volunteers in Cambodia to get their dental work done at Roomchang. In an interview on Wednesday on the six-month anniversary, Dr Tith said Roomchang’s business had exceeded expectations with 150 patients per day, with 50 per cent of them foreigners. “We are the first dental hospital in Cambodia’s history, and we have a big team that can offer every kind of service to the customers. We guarantee that no customer needs to go overseas. We have a big capacity to treat the foreigners from overseas who come here because we have the highest international standard dental services, but we charge local prices.”…
