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Cambodia has 18 drug rehabilitation centres, of which 11 are state-run, three are private establishments, and four are NGOs. Heng Chivoan
Drug rehabilitation centres to reopen after Covid outbreak ends; problems persist
Thu, 6 May 2021
All drug rehabilitation centres in Cambodia will reopen to admit people with drug problems after the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19 ends, according to a senior official of the General Secretariat of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD).
Lim Tong Huot, director of the General Secretariat s Legislation, Education and Rehabilitation Department, told The Post on May 5 that since the outbreak, centres have also stopped visitors entering them.
Currently, as many as 2,000 victims are being treated at the centre.
Phnom Penh Department of Social Affairs and Orkas Knhom director Mom Chandany said on December 14 that this temporary halt was due to overcrowding at the centre.
In other words, she requested drug victims to get treatment service at health centres in other referral hospitals in Phnom Penh and provinces.
“But when necessary, when the police send victims to it in an emergency, I will consider receiving them. But they are to be put in separate rooms for 14 days,” she said.
Chandany will ask to allow those who have gotten rid of their addiction to return home and she will wait and see whether the November 28 community incident will be better.