Five years ago, Samnang was running with his friends when he fell off a bridge and broke his hip. Since then, Samnang has not been able to walk more than 30 meters without experiencing severe pain. Without treatment, Samnang will have extremely limited mobility for the rest of his life.
Luckily, surgeons at Children’s Surgical Centre can perform a hip replacement surgery to fix Samnang’s condition. They are hopeful that with surgery, Samnang will experience “reduced pain and increased mobility.”
Samnang lives with his parents and two sisters. He loves riding his bike and playing volleyball, and looks forward to getting treatment so he can live an active life. Samnang dropped out of school after his accident because it was to hard for him to move around. He tries to help his parents with farming tasks, but his injury makes it difficult for him to work. Samnang means “lucky” in Khmer. We are excited for him to get the treatment he needs for his luck to turn around.