Cambodian Rehab Surgery goes to sea !

Dr Nous Sarom, Director of Operation First - Rose Rehab Cambodia and Rose Charities International Board Director is Cambodia's leading maxillofacial surgeon. Dedicated specifically to rehabilitation surgery peripheral rehabilitative therapies since 1998, Rose Charities is widely recognized as being the pinnacle organization in Cambodia in the field. Dr Sarom, Operation First and Rose Charities / Rose Rehab Cambodia work closely with other excellent organizations such as Impact Cambodia, Smile Train, Operation Rainbow and Operation Smile (Dr Sarom regularly participates in Operation SMILE missions, including in recent times to Lao, Thailand, and Bhutan, as well as Cambodia itself.

Operation First / Rose Rehab Cambodia run fully under the Cambodian Ministry of Health, support Ministy of Health progams and, of paramount importance, operate from proper Ministry of Health Facilities.

In June 2010 the United States Hospital Ship USNS Mercy came to Cambodia's main deep-water port (Sihanoukville) to provide humanitarian medical assistance to poor Cambodians. Dr Sarom was specifically invited via the US Embassy in Phnom Penh to partake in the mission. Patients were screened at Sihanoukville Hospital then taken to the ship for surgery in its wonderfully equipped facilities. Rose Charities / Rose Rehab Cambodia is very appreciative of this generous USA initiative for Cambodia. The USNS Mercy is an amazing facility which provides enormous good wherever it goes.


Rose Charities Cambodia / Rose Rehabiliation Cambodia and Operation FIRST are all supported by Rose Charities USA which runs out of New York and is a 501(c)(3) organization (ie donations receive USA tax receipts) Any donations to the program are hugely appreciated. Rose Charities has USA has zero administration costs, no directors salaries, no office charges. It works with local people to respond to their needs, and to support their own health and other systems.