Luang Mè Hospital formally inaugurated as a cancer specialist centre in Phnom Penh

The hospital was already treating patients before the ceremony

Luang Mè Hospital is located in Prey Sar in southern Phnom Penh. Its formal inauguration places the facility more clearly within Cambodia's expanding cancer-care network, but patients had already been using the hospital for two years.

When the current phase opened in September 2024, services included outpatient consultations, emergency care, laboratory testing and pharmacy support. Cancer-related capacity was then added progressively. For residents assessing healthcare options in Cambodia, the meaningful development is therefore the hospital's consolidation as a specialist oncology centre rather than the arrival of an entirely new hospital.

**Cancer services are available, with further expansion planned**

At the time of the inauguration, reported services included consultations, emergency care, laboratory and tissue analysis, cancer surgery, gastrointestinal endoscopy, interventional radiology, HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening. The centre has also been developing radiotherapy and other oncology capabilities.

Its build-out is not finished. A second phase is intended to broaden treatment across tumour types and blood cancers and to add nuclear medicine capacity. For patients, the distinction has a practical effect: being inaugurated as a specialist centre does not mean every cancer procedure or technology is already available for every diagnosis.

For practical context, see Cambodia market and country comparisons. This development also connects with Orienda Opens Surgical Center in Phnom Penh.

What long-term residents and families should confirm

For people living in Phnom Penh, the centre adds another local route for specialist assessment and treatment. It gives residents another local option to assess before considering care abroad, while some diagnoses may still require treatment elsewhere.

Before relying on Luang Mè Hospital for a treatment plan, patients or families should confirm whether the required procedure and specialist team are currently available, expected waiting times, the full cost of care and whether any public scheme or private insurance applies. Those answers can differ by diagnosis, treatment and patient status.