Desperate for a Cure, Thousands Flock to Child Healer

ថ្ងៃទី ៣០ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣
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គោលនយោបាយ និងការគ្រប់គ្រងវិស័យសុខាភិបាល / មន្ទីរពេទ្យ និងកន្លែងព្យាបាលជម្ងឺ(គ្លីនិក) / សុខភាពសាធារណៈ / ការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គម / សន្តិសុខសង្គម និងអតីតយុទ្ធជន
អង្គការសុខភាពពិភពលោក (WHO) / អង្គការសុខភាពពិភពលោក

DAMBE DISTRICT, Kompong Cham Province – Lying on makeshift stretchers, seated in cheap wheelchairs, blind people wearing dark glasses, children with twisted limbs and slack jaws—all sat on the dirt clasping smoking sticks of incense and muttering quiet prayers Tuesday, hoping to be healed. … Among the hundreds waiting to see the child Tuesday, some were obviously dying and all were desperate. The toddler, rumored to be blessed with magical healing powers, is their last resort in a country with one of the worst health care systems in the world. … According to the World Health Organization, Cambodia’s per capita government expenditure on health care in 2011 was $11.50 per person. In Vietnam it was $38.30. In Thailand the figure was $152.30. …

 Mech Dara and Kate Bartlett
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/desperate-for-a-cure-thousands-flock-to-child-healer-46239/