5月22日午後、カンボジアのプノンペンで大規模な停電が発生しました。
場所によっては停電が5－6時間も続き、自家発電機の停止（燃料切れ）や断水も発生したようです。
プノンペン周辺では消費電力の4割程度をベトナムからの輸入で賄っていますが、今回の停電理由はベトナムの高圧送電線の故障によるものとのこと。
医療現場では電気や水は非常に重要です。勿論自家発電も設置し緊急事態に備えているのが普通ですが、今回のように長時間にわたる停電では、自家発電で賄うことの限界も露呈されました。
色々な課題がありますが、一つ一つ対応策を考え、カンボジアにおける安定した医療技術の提供につなげていきたいと思います。

A massive power outage happened on May 22th (Wednesday) in Phnom Penh.
About 2 p.m. the power went out from all over Phnom Penh shutting down the city’s central water pumping station, leaving many people in the city without power and water.
The power appeared to return to Phnom Penh around 8 p.m. The problem occurred following the breakdown of transmission line in Vietnam that also supplies electricity to Cambodia (Cambodia receives from Vietnam approximately 40 percent of its national electricity supply)
Electricity is very important to provide medical treatment. Of course many hospitals and clinics has generator to provide against emergencies. Unfortunately, generator for itself sometimes can not cover a power failure for long periods such as this time.
At this moment we are looking for a solution to face this frequent problem in Cambodia and provide in the future a stable medical treatment in Phnom Penh.