Dr Lalit goes back to his district with UK elective student
We are incredibly pleased to announce that Lalit - our first DFN doctor, has secured himself another year in the very isolated district of Kalikot. The longer he is able to work there, the bigger the impact he will have on his community.
Medical student Louis, from the UK, has just arrived there on his elective placement, and will be spending a month under Lalit's supervision to learn about healthcare in remote Nepal. Here are his first impressions:
"Getting up to Kalikot Distirict Hospital (KDH) takes a two day single track road trip up from Nepalgunj & during rainy ...
NEWS From Dr.Lalit
Dear Sponsors,
I am well, and doing my internship at Nepalgunj Medical College, (Western Nepal). First of all , I would like to say thank you all who initiated and established DFN with your BIG Heart, very hard work and continuous kind support to the charity, without which it was impossible for me be here as a doctor.
I would like to remind you of my life before 6 years ago; I was a health assistant working with an international charity (Medecines Sans Frontiers) in Kalikot Hospita (rural area of far western Nepal). I used to dream of becoming a doctor. I was sure ...
OUR LATEST NEWS
2012 has been a very special year for Doctors for Nepal, as we now have our very first Doctor for Nepal. Lalit was overjoyed in September to learn that he had passed his final exams at Nepalgunj School of Medicine, and is now well into his equivalent of a ‘house job’ at Nepalgunj Hospital.
At Patan Academy of Health Science (PAHS), our students Nahakul and Meena are making good progress in their second year. They are enjoying the early introduction to work in rural communities and send us frequent updates which you can now view on our recently updated website. Doctors ...
NEW STUDENTS TO BE SELECTED
We are in the process of selecting two new students to commence studies in 2013. This will require £60,000 in total so please contact us of you have any fundraising ideas or would like to make a donation.
UK MEDICAL STUDENT RYAN HOGAN
Doctors for Nepal helped to set up an elective placement for UK medical student Ryan Hogan, who spent the month of May in the small hospital at Manma in Kalikot, where Kate Yarrow had worked with Médecins Sans Frontière.
Here are a few words from Ryan’s fascinating report on his placement:
“From day one I took an active role in the medical team, attending the morning ward round, seeing patients in the outpatient department with my translator alongside a doctor and seeing emergency patients as they arrived The two months spent in Nepal was an unforgettable ...