By Ellen Interlandi | Stakeholder Relations Officer
Quarter-1 Report, January-March 2026
WHO WE ARE
CSC is a specialty hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality surgical care. Founded as a small project to support children injured by landmines, CSC has grown into a tertiary teaching hospital staffed by more than 75 Cambodian professionals and has completed over 93,065 surgeries since 1998.
Children never pay for surgery at CSC. We offer free or low-cost surgical and rehabilitative services across multiple specialties for economically disadvantaged patients. Beyond clinical care, CSC is deeply committed to building local capacity through sub-specialty training and international education opportunities for medical professionals.
A core part of our mission is training Cambodian surgeons and hospital staff alongside visiting international experts, ensuring the development of sustainable rehabilitative surgical services. We invest in empowering our team with the skills and knowledge needed to drive long-term improvements in Cambodia’s healthcare system—creating impact that reaches far beyond our hospital walls. At CSC, surgery and rehabilitation are made possible through the generosity of partners and supporters who believe in long-lasting, holistic healing for all Cambodians.
THE ASK
Your continued support makes it possible for Children’s Surgical Centre to provide life-changing care to children who would otherwise go without treatment.
Life-Changing Care to a Child in Need
Aphireak is a four-year-old kindergarten student from Kandal province, Cambodia. He lives with his parents and his older brother, who is in fourth grade. His mother is a teacher, and his father farms rice. Aphireak likes to play with toy cars and enjoys fried or boiled eggs. In school, he is learning about Khmer history. When he grows up, he would like to be a police officer.
18 months ago, Aphireak and his parents were involved in a serious traffic accident. He was dragged by a car, tearing the skin off his right thigh. His parents took him to a local children’s hospital, where he was hospitalized for several weeks, and had a full-thickness skin graft from his left thigh. Sadly, both his graft recipient site and the left donor site developed hypertrophic scars on both of his thighs and into his groin area.
Fortunately, Children’s Surgical Centre is helping Aphireak receive ongoing treatment. On 21 January 2026, surgeons performed a versatile reconstructive surgical technique to revise his scars, release his contractures, and relieve his pain. This will improve his mobility and allow him to walk and participate in daily activities.
Aphireak’s mother said with joy, “I hope my son will no longer have pain, and he can focus on his studies now.”
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On the average, it costs $572 for Aphireak’s treatment
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