Dr. Richner has established a solid structure and empowered the very foundation of this work, namely, the hospitals, their distinctive policies and the way they work sans bureaucracy. Thus the basic line of action is subscribed, so that this great team of experts would not necessarily have to face trouble in continuing with this work.

Cambodian children frequently fall ill and die due to the lack of proper health care and hospital facilities. A 62 year-old Swiss paediatrician, Dr Beat Richner, manages several Children's Hospitals in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, in Cambodia. He carries out a bold task and the cornerstone of his crusade is to save as many children's lives as possible. His activities are grounded on this cause, dedication to the well-being of the hospitals he runs and his staff, and a solid reputation in the country. "Without our hospitals about 90 thousand children would die", he says.

Children are perhaps the most unprotected when it comes to health care, particularly in those countries where the after-effects of civil wars are still present in some shape or form, not to mention the added burden of poverty. Such people are at the mercy of those who can help them to keep going with their lives.

This is the case of Cambodia, an Asian country with a population of about 14.8 million inhabitants, of whom 1.3 million live in the capital city of Phnom Penh. The cruel civil war that devastated the country when the government of Lon Nol was overthrown by King Norodom Sihanuk, ultimately came to an end in 1973, leaving behind a famine-stricken populace who were forced to face the aftermath of the destruction of about 75% of domestic animals and rice crops, which constituted the backbone of the country's economy.

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