Dr Beat Richner worked at the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital in Phnom Penh prior to the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975.

 

In 1991 the then king, His Majesty King Sihanouk asked Dr. Richner if he would rebuild the hospital he once worked in. The Kantha Bopha I was officially opened by the King, just one year later.

 

Dr Beat Richner has since built and runs five more hospitals, including the Jayavarman VII Children’s Hospital in Siem Reap.

 

80% of all the work carried out, and the care provided comes from charitable donations. These hospitals treat over 600,000 children annually, and it is estimated that with out the medical aid the hospitals administer, over 2,800 children would die every month.