Future unclear for dormant health center
Nearly three years after it was shut down for supposed renovations, Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon Referral Hospital is still not operational and former staff say they have been left out in the cold about what will happen to the site. Commune, district, municipal and national health officials have all refused to comment on the future of the hospital site, which occupies a prime slice of real estate on the corner of Norodom Boulevard and Street 294 and once provided Red Cross services. Sok Sokhun, director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Health Department, denied that the building had been sold, but said he has no idea what it will be used for. … According to a directive signed in April 2013 by the Council of Ministers, the Fay Sibleng Investment company had been contracted to develop the site, after another company, the Investment Viet-Cam Corporation, had its contract canceled for unspecified reasons. Dr. Min Puthchethavann used to work at the health center, but has officially been in the employ of the Phnom Penh Municipal Referral Hospital since December 2013, along with about 20 other colleagues from Chamkar Mon. He said the doctors had written to the Fay Sibleng company in mid-April seeking $2,000 each in compensation after Yim Deth, director of the Chamkar Mon operational district health office, suggested that they ask the company for a payout. …
Khuon Narim
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