US$80 million Chinese-funded Kosomak Hospital Officially Opens

The Cambodia-China Friendship Hospital Preah Kosomak, a large-scale hospital equipped with modern medical equipment, was officially inaugurated on Monday 21 March 2022.

The inauguration ceremony of the new hospital was presided over by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and the Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian.

Preah Kosomak was built at a cost of more than US$80 million, a grant from the Chinese government.

Construction of the hospital started on 30 October 2018, taking 39 months to be completed. It is built on a land area of more than 13,000 sqm, with 11 floors and a length of 53 metres.

With 400 patient beds, the hospital is both a modern hospital and a traditional Chinese medicine clinic operated by Chinese doctors.

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