A total of 92,148 children received medical care at Kuntha Bopha Children’s Hospital in July 2025, including nearly 4,000 cases of dengue fever, according to an August 6 report from the hospital.
Among those treated, 22,917 children were hospitalised with serious illnesses, and 3,918 children were diagnosed with dengue fever, it noted.
In addition, 3,001 children underwent surgical operations, including 84 open-heart operations and interventional catheterisations at the Kuntha Bopha Children’s hospitals in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
At the maternity unit of Jayavarman VII Hospital (Kuntha Bopha III), 8,933 pregnant women received prenatal checkups and outpatient treatment, and 1,602 deliveries took place.
As dengue continues to raise concern during the rainy season, the hospital has appealed to parents and guardians to protect their children from contracting the disease by eliminating mosquito breeding grounds and maintaining hygiene and sanitation standards.
The hospital issued the appeal following a successful recent case in which doctors saved the life of a young girl with severe dengue.
The hospital explained that a 7-year-old girl from Kampong Chhnang province was suffering from the severely complicated Dengue shock syndrome, and suffered multiple cardiovascular collapses and respiratory insufficiency.
“She was saved in the ICU and PICU of Kantha Bopha in Phnom Penh with intensive care and 15 days of treatment with assisted ventilation and 3 blood transfusions. Congratulation and a big thank you to our amazing talented teams, who saved her life,” said the report.
In the first six months of the year, Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation received over $22 million in funding, a 3% increase compared to the previous period. However, the hospital spent around the same figure on providing paediatric care during the same period
