The National Medical Center is expanding cooperation to train Cambodian medical personnel and strengthen public healthcare capacity.
The National Medical Center said on the 30th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the 29th with the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to operate a training program for Cambodian medical professionals. The agreement was pursued as part of the "Project to Strengthen the Comprehensive Public Healthcare System Capacity in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia," an official development assistance project of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
The Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital is a leading national general hospital in Cambodia and a teaching hospital with clinical education systems across various specialties, including anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology.
Through the agreement, the two institutions will jointly operate a training program for Cambodian medical professionals, develop curricula and monitoring systems, and conduct competency assessments before and after the training.
Suh Gil-joon, head of the National Medical Center, emphasized, "This agreement will serve as an important foundation for cooperation to train Cambodian medical personnel and strengthen public healthcare capacity," adding, "Based on the public healthcare experience and expertise accumulated by the National Medical Center, we will actively support the establishment of a sustainable healthcare system."
