Who We Are
The mission of the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE is to provide a center for the further education and clinical training of medical professionals, while delivering 24-hour high-quality, free medical care for the poor and disadvantaged in Cambodia.


Board of Directors
The Sihanouk Hospital Corporation, a Delaware non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, was established to provide an organizational structure for the operation and governance of the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Mr. Bernie Krisher, a retired Newsweek Tokyo Bureau Chief, the Chairman of Japan Relief for Cambodia and Publisher of the Cambodian Daily newspaper. The Vice Chairman is Mr. Toshu Fukami, an independent Executive Business Consultant and leader of Worldmate, a Japanese membership organization that has shown tremendous commitment to the hospital since it's inception. The Secretary and Treasurer is Mr. Robert Gempel, Founder and Board Member of HOPE worldwide, an international charitable organization that provides management services to the Sihanouk Hospital Corporation.

Hospital Management
HOPE worldwide is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) and provides full management services to the hospital. This includes the recruitment of medical and administrative personnel who sacrifice their own careers to move to Cambodia to help develop the hospital and train the Cambodian staff to sustain it for the long term. This also includes the provision of more than $20 million a year worth of medical supplies and medicines.

BY THE NUMBERS

Total Outpatient Visits

23,657 YTD; 1,045,063 since 1996

Emergency Department Visits

2,374 YTD; 314,939 since 1996

Medical Specialty Clinic Visits

8,924 YTD; 314,333 since 1996

HIV Clinic Patient Visits (Community Resource Center)

6,546 YTD;120,511 since 1996

Surgery Clinic Care

2,985 YTD; 61,787 since 1996

Operations & Procedures

301 YTD; 12,528 since 1996

Medical Inpatient Visits

184 YTD; 8,693 since 1996

Surgical Inpatient Visits

172 YTD; 7,178 since 1996

Last Updated:May 2010