🇰🇭 Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal | 101 East
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- He never finished medical school, but for the villagers of Rael in Cambodia's remote countryside, Chek Cheoum is a lifesaver.
He only charges what his patients can afford, and is always nearby.
With 0.2 doctors for every 1,000 people, Cambodia has one of the world's lowest ratios, forcing many to rely on unlicensed physicians like Cheoum.
But when a village suffered a widespread HIV outbreak after contaminated needles were used on patients, the government banned all unlicensed medics.
101 East uncovers Cambodia's failed healthcare system and its reliance on doctors with no licence to heal.
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I live in Cambodia. THANK YOU for producing this report!
Denny Jones
You live there to live out your sick fantasies is what you should have written.
@@themorningstar3353 you are a coward, just like your father
Perhaps the government should work with unlicensed doctors to license them, test their knowledge.
Here's an idea for the Cambodian government: Give the currently unlicensed doctors proper screening and then give medical licenses for free instead of charging those who are qualified to be licensed. Doesn't this work to both increase the amount of doctor per people, and cut down on illegal and unsafe operations and treatments?
Yeah that's literally what I was thinking the whole time, shame the government refuse to do this.
not sure if you've been to Cambodia but their government is absolute rubbish. nothing works in Cambodia. government positions are filled with crooks and morons. the well connected are swimming in cash galavanting amongst themselves in luxury and beautiful women while the poor are left to live next to dumpsters and begging money from tourists and without food to eat. foreign NGOs should cut aids totally and allow the country to fail. when the country fails, the working class will revolt and overthrow the government. why should anyone care when their own government don't even care a single bit about their own people. I've managed to mingle with some of the richer and privileged Cambodians in Phnom Penh and you wonder where they get the money from by just being air heads.
one word GREED
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I’m glad they are helping to teach the midwives. I know it’s better for them to go to hospitals but if educating them on better practices helps save lives of babies, that’s important
This is the perfect example of the gap between government and those on the ground. The solution is to improve communication.
Cambodia is a beautiful country with many wonderful people, I have very happy memories.The people will tell you in hushed tones how the government does not really look after Cambodians, all the logging that is now causing homes to flood, all the deals that its two neighbouring countries strip of its natural resources, the poverty and lack of public services is appalling, especially healthcare. Everything costs and the majority of people are poor, no refrigeration,( upside is deliciously fresh foods), poor road networks, great corruption and takeovers by its neighbours and China. The French live good lives with restaurant and other businesses pandering to tourism. There are great injustices continuing here, just as there were during the Vietnam war, US B 52s dropped over half a million tons of bombs on a country with which the US was not at war... there are many stories and people and animals continue to be blown up by the landmines left unmarked by all those ravaging the country. I really feel for Cambodians. These unlicensed health practitioners are just that, unlicensed yet they do as good a job as government workers and are far more accessible and trusted by locals. They need help and intervention.
Barbara Stepien-foad well written
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Yes it is ture
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A license does not guarantee competency.. These unlicensed practitioners have a medical background, the government should focus on training them as much as possible. They seem to be the only option in these rural areas Cambodia..Don't prosecute them for trying to help.
@ronald wagner I support your idea. The Cambodian government has many thing you get difficult to understand about. Sometimes the government keeps ignoring the situations until it get worst and irreversible. When they start taking action they do it in extreme, like this case.
JUST SO SAD...... THANK GOD FOR THOSE PPL WHO HELP & VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME N ALL THEIR ENERGY... JUST SAD.... HOW COULD ANYONE NOT HELP IF SOMEONE NEEDED THEIR HELP??? PRAYERS....
The rural people are going to still see these unqualified docs. The government should train these unlicensed people. So thag they can at least provide light care with proper knowledge in a proper environment. The more serious cases like surgical cases will go to the hospitals.
Is there anyway to help this family. I would like to donate
i'm cambodian who live in america and only have 1 child. i can't imagine being this poor and having so many kids
Kaun Troap You can ask your mom, or grandma. They might can answer this well.
thanks
Thank you for this.
I just watched this and I am going to Cambodia next month I want to find a village to be my city's sister and my city to help them we owe them still 80,000 bomblets in Cambodia from the Vietnam conflict
Did ypu go? Please reply
A matter of survival, who doesn't want to have proper medical treatment in a professionally supervised facility. Do they have a choice? That's why once people moved to the city, no matter how bad the condition is, they can't go back. I wonder other than medical, what about education for the children? Any provision at all?
I rather go see those unlicensed doctor than those cheating doctor graduated with no knowledge.
Amazing super interesting
I been to Phnom Penh hospital in Cambodia. That place was modern well established, and pharmacies had more than everything you need,,.you can buy everything without prescription....Have to live in the city
Chek Cheoum, an unlicensed doctor, he should had know better before injected medicine into patients without sterilized.
i noticed that the former khmer rouge medic / unlicensed doctor pictured at 11:35 is wearing a "ONE SAF THROUGH SPORTS" tshirt which was originally distributed to singapore armed forces personnel
*Thank God for subtitles. I can't even translate myself to understand most of words their saying.*
different dialect?
Mony Nhem You don’t know Khmer? I think your name is Khmer. Or maybe you left the country so young?
when there is no better choices . . just have to take the best of available options n Pray!!!
This’s what happened to the people when their PM Warlord Hun Sen and his officials are corrupted. The people suffered and the government’s turn a blind eyes. It trigger a chain reactions and PEOPLE die.
HIV meds actually only cost pennies a day. The pharmaceutical companies charge Americans (or their insurance company or Medicare) thousands of dollars/month. Yes, they do give a lot of HIV medicines to Africa. But, it gets there & sits in unrefrigerated containers for months or years. If it's used at all, it no longer helps or can actually harm those that take it. Why can't we help a single small village?
it depends on the medicine if it needs to be refrigerated at all. and perfectly fine drug can also hurt if taken incorrectly. the costs for hiv meds aren't production costs alone but also the research needed to develop them in the first place and to develop the next generation for when the virus will mutate. it's not that easy to stay ahead of a virus mutation rate.
as for the single small village... it's not single. try to imagine how many of these villages are there in the world. that is the problem, not the single village.
Sibling Anon You're absolutely right on all counts. But it still hurts to see small kids be so sick. There are so many government programs & NGO's that try to help. It's just frustrating to see how much gets wasted, stolen, or re-sold by people who have no right to do so. And I'm sure you can agree with that.
yes
nodak01 Depopulation is real.....
FYI most of Africa's cheap HIV meds are made in Bangladesh where they aren't obligated to abide by medical patents for another ten years
Sadly, the developing countries will always have problems lined up for them. World is filled up with inequality from top to toe.
Classôc government blinders, how easy would it be to further train these people? Pretty danmed easy. But why do the obvious?
yup, i was thinking the same, offer free medical training in rural areas.
In the Philippines we called them quack doctor, people said they got healed as long you have faith on it.
Mobile clinic good job 👍
We just can’t called them the “ Unlicensed Doctor” because majority of them were never trained in a proper institute, or even understand about the pharmacology at all. Especially, Side effects or drugs mechanisms. They just know how to treat the symptoms and which medicine to use. Untrained Health Care provider??
Its frustrating that large cities throw so much food away. When rural areas still go hungry. With all our technology. Why can't we get food out to the malnourished?
So if they are licensed, they won't contaminate their patients. That is one of the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard. Do some more research and you will be surprise. Even in some of the best medical institutions in the U.S. contaminate their patients. "C-" for this report.
Why do these people have so many kids? If she knew he wasn’t licensed she should take the good with the bad.
Breathe Again I was actually thinking the same thing , those midwifes should be educating on not having babies with the situation they are in !! Prevention is the key
This shows politics cannot be mix up with unlicensed doctor.
The government neglected to provide health care to the poor people, so this the is cheaper medical assistance.
How did the AIDS get there? do they have any idea ?
It's everywhere. Why would it not be there? If it's in first world countries it's definitely in third world countries.
Better an unlicensed doctor than a witch doctor.
Cambodia is a country?
Yes.! You idot!
I meant idiot!
Places like thailand got most of its culure and language from cambodia and laos! somebody needs to go back to school...
brexit brit You know it clear dear. 👍👍👍
Going to Quack Doctors is not a good idea
health of cambodian not get better, didn't beileve or trust services care money so big on society, education it's the best but we can't clever than bad thing!!!
Many things are the same in Thailand where I have lived for 20+ years. They always say "no money," as they light up another cigarette, down another beer, and ride away on their motorcycle. A big difference between the countries is that there are medical facilities all over Thailand which include hospitals, doctors, and government-sponsored medical centres.
'nuf sed. One thing they have in common, which prevents progress in many areas of society is education. Both governments try to keep the uneducated under their thumb to prevent them from progressing in an upward mobile manner.
'nuf sed.
as somebody that has worked as a teacher in both countries, cambodian children are encouraged to ask questions , in Thailand it is forbidden. Thais are brainwashed from birth especially about the very corrupt royals yes including rama 9. Cambodia is still trying to recover from khmer rouge and pol pot, thailand could not survive something like that! its far poorer but now have free education and hopefully medical facilities will improve as you say they are terrible! They have government hospitals but are not good. Thailand has biggest wealth gap in world and richest monarchy go figure......
Last time I went to Cambodia I got sick and I got sick so I was like sheitttttttttt just kill me
Just Jearvin Have you ever came here again then?
"they just want the drip" anyone here associating it with the opioid crisis!
Wait wait wait, hold up, they are DRAINING the lake to get the fish?? I sincerely hope it's their own fish, they have raised or kept there, otherwise that's just horribly short-sighted :|
champa love
Corruptodia!
sad everyones excuse why they cant see a licensed doctor is money problems...such a shame
money problems for the poor is not an excuse..
ADV Taiwan You live in the developed country, you might sound this so weird and unacceptable. But if you try to understand about their lives, you probably understand. You know, those villagers are in the countryside, the undeveloped place in the country like the reporter said “ over look by the government”’. Most of the time people have no idea if which doctor is licensed or not since that doctor can treat them and get recovered. Another reason, there are shortage of doctors in the countryside. Plus with lack of money, no wonder they had no choice.
Doctor ? Really? I will better die rather than going to a doctor who can't even speak English
English is not the official language of the country. In Germany Doctors speak German. In Italy Doctors speak Italian. In China doctors speak Mandarin or Cantonese. In Japan Japanese. Language does not always indicate educational level. Besides it is unlikely that the farmers in that area could communicate with an English doctor without a translater.
@@covenawhite4855 yeah, this guy must be American
Omg did you even pay attention in class tf
Why 3-4th word shouldn't breed.
MAGA 2020 I was thinking the same thing