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More Korean Doctors Arrive in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 07, 2009: Korea International Cooperation Agency office in Cambodia has dispatched 2 more Korean doctors to Cambodia to help in health sectors with their service-term of 2 years and a half.
According to KOICA’s news release, the 2 doctors were dispatched by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) through Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ministry of Health of Cambodia after being requested by local hospitals.
Those doctors Dr. Bae Sung Uk, specialist of general surgery and Dr. Han Seung Beom, pediatric doctors, will start working voluntarily for Koh Kong and Svay Rieng Referral Hospital respectively on August 10, 2009 after a period of in-country training for better adaptation to local working environment.
The same news release added that the mission of these voluntary doctors is to help Khmer medical officials and doctors to provide medical service to local people, to share experience and knowledge of medical services in Korea, and to initiate for possible improvement and development of the hospitals’ medical infrastructures and/or services in their respective field of expertise, which are parts of the effort of KOICA office in Cambodia to help Cambodia government to move forward health-related Millennium Development Goals.
Be noted that, since 2003, 35 Korean volunteers in the field of medical service—28 nurses and 7 doctors—were sent to various governmental institutions in provinces and city of Cambodia, ranging from national hospitals to local health centers. Those volunteers are not just part of KOICA’s human resource development program in Cambodia, but are active agents to tighten the relationship between the two countries by exchanging cultures and understanding between the people of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea.
Edited and released by: Mr. Yin Leang Kong Raksmei Kampuch Daily Newspaper Reporter
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