Student nurse Apsara at work on the ward
Apsara is one of our two nursing students in their second year of studies for a 3-year nursing degree course at the Nepal Institute of Health Science, Kathmandu. Apsara works extremely hard both with her studies and when she's on the ward - keep up the great work Apsara, we are very proud of all your efforts. When she finishes her training, Apsara will go back to her home village in Gorkha District to work as a qualified nurse. Below are pictures of Apsara's typical day on the wards -
The positive impact of training doctors for rural Nepal: Dr Lalit’s work
Lalit's news: January 2017:
"First, I would like to wish a 'Merry Christmas' and Happy New year 2017 to all my English family and friends.
Here is news about my activities in the remote Eastern mountainous District Hospital, Sankhuwashava, Near Mount Makalu (5th highest Peak of the world). I joined my new posting with the Nick Simons Institute on 1st December 2016. I am involved in the Delivery rooms, Operating theatres, the Outpatient department, the Emergency department and Inpatient department.At the moment there reduced patient flow because of the very ...
What impact does one doctor have? Dr Lalit’s story
I am working with Nick Simmons Institute (NSI - and NGO that funds extra doctors in Government hospitals) in Taplejung district- the most remote area of eastern Nepal, home to Mount Kanchanjungha, the 3rd highest peak in the world. This is my 3rd year of commitment to work back in a rural area after I received my scholarship with Doctors For Nepal.
Four months into working here, I work across two different areas.
Firstly is my day to day clinical practice. There are two doctors from the government, and us two doctors from NSI. All the other three are gone ...
The Nepal Appeal
Doctors for Nepal has launched The Nepal Appeal, to raise funds in the immediate aftermatch of the recent earthquake, and to aid with the assistance of ongoing medical needs in rural Nepal.
Your help is desperately needed at this time and for the foreseeable future. As the situation has evolved and information is coming through to us, the gravity and enormity of the needs in Nepal cannot be emphasised enough.
Doctors for Nepal is undertaking a four phased response; your donation will be used to help achieve these goals, and your donation will enable Nepal to cope ...
A pregnant woman’s journey
When staying in Lalit's village we were asked to see a pregnant woman who was unwell. She was 6 months pregnant, and appeared very unwell with abdominal pain and a fever. She was lucky to have lalit in the village that day; after examining her in her house in front of the elders, she was advised to urgently go to hospital as she hadn't felt her baby move for a week.
The only way to hospital was by foot, and she was too ill to walk. We followed her journey, as she was carried in a chair on the backs of a porter and her husband - who took it in turns to carry her down and ...