via Cambodianess, 7 November 2021: An interview with the Apsara National Authority’s Im Sokrithy about the hospitals of Jayavarman VII.
With 102 functioning hospitals all across the kingdom during the reign of King Jayavarman VII, people of the Angkorian era possessed a great deal of knowledge on medication and the scientific as well as spiritual healing process. Cambodianess’ Ky Soklim interviewed historian Im Sokrithy of the APSARA National Authority as they visited the temple of one of these ancient hospitals and discussed how Cambodians’ ancestors were treating the sick and the wounded so they could recover and continue living a normal life.
