In 1996 the concept of an eye hospital to train Cambodian doctors and nurses came into being when the Maryknoll -Community Based Rehabilitation Program for the Blind came across numerous patients needing eye treatment.

The collaborative efforts with the Ministry of Health and other NGOs brought about the formulation of the training curriculum for Basic Eye Doctors and Basic Eye Nurses. With assistance of the Provincial Health Department the former TB hospital was renovated into what became the Takeo Eye Hospital which received its first patient on 8 February 1997. Please click here to read more