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Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE

Phnom Penh, Cambodia · built 1996

Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE (SHCH) was established as a free non-governmental hospital in 1996 by Bernard Krisher, an American philanthropist, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The hospital's mission was to help rebuild the country's medical infrastructure by treating patients and training medical personnel and was named in honor of Cambodia's "King Father", Norodom Sihanouk. In 2022, SHCH faced closure by the Cambodian government, alleging unpaid taxes. The Cambodian Journalists Alliance connected the government action to the September 2017 shutdown of The Cambodia Daily which Kirshner had founded.

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