by Spigzy » Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:34 pm
I'd heavily recommend natural birth if at all possible due to all the health benefits the baby would get from that process; assuming the missus isn't "too posh to push" or receiving shitty advice from all her Khmer medical friends & "experts", then I'd actually say your best bet is Calmette. Yep, Calmette.
You can certainly pay for a very nice room at Royal Phnom Penh, or the more usually locally recommended "Central" Hospital (just south of Phsar Thmey), but Calmette has all the emergency equipment required for troublesome deliveries, and I believe there have been cases of such difficult births being shipped from Royal PP at least to Calmette last minute. The maternity staff at Central are reputedly the same as those working Calmette, locals swear by them from my observation - I thought the place was a shit-hole; basically a failed condo converted into a hospital.
The answer is much the same as back home when choosing private or going NHS - you can pay top dollar & get effectively a hotel stay in a private room, but if the shit is hitting the fan, they'll lob you in an ambulance to an NHS hospital without hesitation and send you the bill anyway.
My wife gave birth naturally with Dr. Mumu (a justified "Ancient" woman from Myanmar) at what used to be Royal Ratanak (now Royal PP); faultless and recommended. But if as you say there is a hint of complication, I honestly would have Calmette on speed-dial ... or as others are likely to chime in, if convinced there would be a difficult delivery, do it in Bangkok or other.
I'd heavily recommend natural birth if at all possible due to all the health benefits the baby would get from that process; assuming the missus isn't "too posh to push" or receiving shitty advice from all her Khmer medical friends & "experts", then I'd actually say your best bet is Calmette. Yep, Calmette.
You can certainly pay for a very nice room at Royal Phnom Penh, or the more usually locally recommended "Central" Hospital (just south of Phsar Thmey), but Calmette has all the emergency equipment required for troublesome deliveries, and I believe there have been cases of such difficult births being shipped from Royal PP at least to Calmette last minute. The maternity staff at Central are reputedly the same as those working Calmette, locals swear by them from my observation - I thought the place was a shit-hole; basically a failed condo converted into a hospital.
The answer is much the same as back home when choosing private or going NHS - you can pay top dollar & get effectively a hotel stay in a private room, but if the shit is hitting the fan, they'll lob you in an ambulance to an NHS hospital without hesitation and send you the bill anyway.
My wife gave birth naturally with Dr. Mumu (a justified "Ancient" woman from Myanmar) at what used to be Royal Ratanak (now Royal PP); faultless and recommended. But if as you say there is a hint of complication, I honestly would have Calmette on speed-dial ... or as others are likely to chime in, if convinced there would be a difficult delivery, do it in Bangkok or other.