Mission #7
Mission #7 is now complete. Pictures & travelogue will be posted at Mission #7 travelogue & pictures. Mission #8 will be November 1st - November 18th, 2018. The Cambodian Surgical Society Meeting will be November 15th & 6th. Our team will be presenting on a multitude of surgical topics. All interested contact me at drbrender@roadrunner.com for further information.
Itinerary
Friday, December 1st
Depart USA
Cross the international dateline.
There are no direct flights to Phnom Penh from the United States.
Surgeons for Cambodia, Inc. uses My Odyssey Tours for the flight arrangements & touring. Leila Deng leila@chinaodyssey.net will be happy to make your international flight arrangements
Senwel Tours/My Odyssey Tours - these are the guides we use in Cambodia. They are affiliated with My Odyssey Tours.
Mr. Sovantha Office: +855 (23) 555 2030 Mobile: +855 89 333 773
Prior Missions - Photographs and Travelogue
Surgical
The Anal Stenosis Project
Saturday, December 2nd
Arrive Phnom Penh. Arrival times may vary. You will be met at the airport, helped clearing customs, obtain a tourist visa ($30), and then brought to your hotel. Make sure you bring a 2x2 inch passport type photograph for your visa,
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Hotel Cambodiana http://hotelcambodiana.com.kh/
313 Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh
+855 23 426 288
Everyone will be provided a River View rooms which provides a magnificent view of the sunrise over the Ton Le Sap River.
Here is where the Ton Le Sap river joins the Mekong River than then flows to Vietnam.
Relax at the Hotel. Actually go to bed it will be after midnight.
Sunday, December 3rd
7:30am Meet at Breakfast. Introductions. Emergency #'s.
8:30am Dr. Elliott Brender's Room - bring all donations. Donations will be unpacked and grouped by hospital and individual surgeon.
9:00am Tour Phnom Penh
Royal Palace, National Museum, Wat Phnom
Toul Sleng Prison, Killing Fields
Lunch - Sesame Noodle Bar - suggested
House #9 Street 460
(between Street 135 & 155, about 3 blocks south of Russian Market)
Toul Tom Poung (Russian Market)
t: 089.750.212 http://www.sesamenoodlebar.com/
http://www.sesamenoodlebar.com/menu2/lunch/
Russian Market
7pm Dinner - Mok Mony Restaurant - included
Address: 63c, Street 294, BKK 1, Phnom Penh 12302, Cambodia
Phone:+855 95 970 861 http://www.mokmony.com/
http://www.mokmony.com/food-menu/
Dr. Judy Norman from Mercy Hospital to join us.
Monday December 4th
8am Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital
Smile Cambodia Office - Meet Dr. Theavy Mok
Make Donations - meet the Cambodian Surgeons
8:30am Surgical Clinic – screen patients.
10:30 am Kossamak Hospital
donations/screen patients
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1:00 pm lunch
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2:00pm CMMC Jeremiah Hope Hospital / Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope-
donations.
Meet Dr. Sokchan Sim - neurosurgeon, Meet Dr. Sopheak Thai. Meet Kathryn Marten.
Screen patients at SHCH
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7:00pm Dinner Malis http://www.malis-restaurant.com/phnompenh/
- included
Tuesday, December 5th
8:00am Surgery
1:30pm Teaching at the Medical Schools or Surgery
6pm Dinner - Chinese House - included https://restaurant-phnompenh.com/
45 Sisowath Quay (Cross Street 84)
+855 92 553 330
Dinner with the Phnom Penh Metro Rotary Club & Phnom Penh Rotary Club.
Dr. Brender will present "Improving Surgical Care in Cambodia" a PowerPoint Presentation
Wednesday, December 6th
8:00am Surgery
1:30pm Teaching at the Medical Schools or Surgery
7:00pm Dinner Ngon http://www.ngonpnh.com/
#60, Preah Sihanouk .Blvd, PP.
+855 (0) 23 987 151 +855 (0) 23 987 152
Thursday, December 7th
Depart Phnom Penh – Arrive Siem Reap
This morning departure at 7am to Kampong Thom (take 2hours on the road) via the central Skundist and visit the dries of spider, visit the local village, lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, you will continue to visit PrasatSamborKuk, visit Spean KompongKdei (Dragon Bridge) you will arrival Siem Reap at 2 or 3 pm.
Borei Angkor Resort & Spa
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3PM Siem Reap Provincial Hospital – donations & tour
Dr. PEN Phalkun phalkunsph@yahoo.com Director
Dr. Em Sokhom emsokhom98@yahoo.com Chief Surgical Ward A
Dr. KROS Sarath sarathkros@gmail.com Director Siem Reap Provincial Health Department
Rotary Club Angkor
Anna Hsieh anna.angkorking@gmail.com
7:00pm Dinner - Marum Restaurant +855 17 363 284
http://tree-alliance.org/our-restaurants/marum.php?mm=or&sm=ma
Open every day 11am - 11pm (kitchen closes at 10pm)
#8A, B Phum Slokram Siem Reap, Cambodia
Between Wat Polanka and Catholic Church
http://tree-alliance.org/our-restaurants/Menus/Marum%20Menu.pdfW
Friday, December 8th
4:30am Angkor Wat – Sunrise
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Return to the hotel for breakfast
AM - Surgery at Siem Reap Provincial Hospital
Touring - Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, Bayon
Balloon ride over Angkor Wat at Sunset
6:00pm Group dinner at CUISINE WAT DAMNAK - booked - included
http://www.cuisinewatdamnak.com/
Between Psa Dey Hoy market and Angkor High School
Wat Damnak village, Sala Kamreuk Commune, Siem Reap
Named one of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
+855 (0)77 347 762
http://www.cuisinewatdamnak.com/menu/
Meet Simon Stock MD simonstock99@gmail.com +855 972513246 from Battambang World Mate Emergency Hospital. Donate pulse oximeters. Simon will join us for dinner.
Saturday, December 9th
7:30am Leave for Preah Vihear -
10am arrive 16 Makara Hospital
Dr. Makethy Se +855 069969696 Makethyse@gmail.com donations
Dr. Lo Koung kounglo@yahoo.com Director of provincial health department
screen patients, do cases 2 OR's, 5 Nurse anesthetists
we will stay at Green Palace Hotel - Preah Vihear which is right behind the hospital.
Koh Ker (St.), between A20-A22 | Sangkat Kampong Pranak, Cambodia
dinner - as per our hosts Dr, Makethy Se & Dr. Lo Koung.
Sunday, December 10th
AM- Surgery 16 Makara Hospital
PM - return to Siem Reap
Dinner - Night Market
Monday December 11th
Depart Siem Reap – Fly to Sihanoukville
K6131 MO11DEC REPKOS departs 11:35am arrives 12:45pm
Sokha Beach Resort http://www.sokhahotels.com/sihanoukville/
3pm Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital – meet Dr. Sambath Chom +855 (0)12 362 007
Dr. Nong Seng Hospital Director cell: +855 (0)16 526 520
Give donations - Screen patients
Beach Overview Tour
Sunset at Wat Leu
Dinner – with the doctors of Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital
Thursday, December 14th
AM Cases at Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital
Optional Day Trip to Koh Rong. $25/per person extra. Pay the tour guide directly.
Koh Rong is located about 25 kilometers from Sihanoukville, in the Gulf of Thailand. The island has 43 km of beautiful sandy beaches along both its Eastern and Western shores; its main attraction.
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7:00pm Dinner - at Chez Claude
Pi Thnou Beach Road | M1, S3, Mittapheap, Sihanoukville 18000, Cambodia
+855 34 934 100
Tuesday, December 12th
AM/PM Cases at Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital
Potential places for lunch (only after work)
Happy Herb Pizza 23 Tola St, Krong Preah Sihanouk
7:00pm Dinner - Sandan Restaurant - suggested http://tree-alliance.org/our-restaurants/sandan.php
Open every day from 11.30am to 11pm (kitchen closes at 10pm)
100m from the Golden Lions Circle on the road to the Sokha Beach, Sihanoukville
: +855 34 452 4000
http://tree-alliance.org/our-restaurants/Menus/Sandan%20Menu.pdf
Wednesday, December 13th
AM/PM Cases at Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital
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7:00pm Five Men Fresh Beer - suggested https://www.facebook.com/pages/Five-Men-Fresh-Beer/308486405972214
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Five Men Fresh Beer is a microbrewery; essentially a beer hall with exquisite and tasty Cambodian food available to order. This is an entertaining and wonderful place to eat dinner. The meals are complemented by the fresh beer brewed in the factory – it is served straight out of the barrel without being fermented a second time. A very authentic place to experience dinner.
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19 Mithona St, Krong Preah, Sihanouk +855 12 913 346
Friday, December 15th
Leave Sihanoukville for Phnom Penh
Final Dinner with Dr. Theavy Mok & other surgeons - included
Depart Cambodia