In the presence of the Honorable President Mrs. Bidhya Devi Bhandarijiu, Dr Kate Yarrow, founder and chair of Doctors For Nepal has received an…
The students
Congratulations Dr Purna
We are hugely proud to to announce that we have another Doctor For Nepal. Dr Purna has passed his final exams at Patan Academy of Health Sciences in…
News from medical student Sangita
Our new first year medical student Sangita has just returned from her first residential posting as part of her Community Based Learning and…
Meet our new medical student Sangita
We are very pleased to announce that we have just started providing funds to cover board, lodging, and travel to Sangita Adhikari, so that she can…
Nursing student Niruta – how Covid-19 is effecting her studies
Niruta is 16 years old and is one of our youngest nursing students studying at Karnali Academy of Health Science, high up in the mountains in…
CONGRATULATIONS Apsara and Kamal
We are overjoyed to announce that 5th year medical students Apsara and Kamal have both passed their final year medical exams and are now our 5th and…
LATEST NEWSLETTER re COVID-19
All our supporters have been emailed our latest Newsletter detailing news from the frontline from our doctors and students coping with COVID-19 in…
DFN awards 3 more nursing scholarships
We are very pleased to announce that we have awarded scholarships to 3 new nurses who have just started their nursing training at Karnali Academy of…
Santosh catches dengue fever
Our second year medical student Santosh has returned from a placement in a rural community in Makawanpur District called Ramanthali. He was only…
New DFN nursing student Neelam
We are very happy to announce that, thanks to your generous donations, we are able to offer additional funds to a new DFN nursing student, Neelam…
Santosh tells us about his home life
Our youngest medical student is Santosh. We asked him to tell us a bit more about his reasons to want to train to become a doctor, and also about…
DFN supports first midwifery degree-level course in Nepal
Our Founder, Dr Kate Yarrow, has just returned from an extremely busy and successful week in Nepal. We can now proudly announce that Doctors for…
Congratulations Binita and Apsara
We have just heard that both Binita and Apsara have passed their second year nursing exams. They have only three months left before their final…
Prakash shows us around Patan Hospital WATCH THE VIDEO
During the last DFN Trustee visit to Nepal, we filmed Prakash giving us a guided tour around Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, when he introduced us to…
Kamal starts at Gorkha District Hospital
Kamal and Apsara, our 4th year students, have just finished their end of year exams and are now working in 2 different rural hospitals for the next…
News from Meena in Mugu District Hospital
We have just heard from Meena who tells us about two different emergency cases she has been involved with at Mugu District Hospital. Her encounters…
Huge congratulations to Dr Prakash!
We are hugely proud to announce that our 4th scholarship recipient has passed his medical finals to become our 4th Doctor For Nepal; congratulations…
News from medical student Jeevan
Jeevan has just sent us some great pictures and news. We have been fundraising in Australia to be able to purchase Littmann stethoscopes for our…
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…
Trustee visit to Nepal
In November/December 2018 Dr Kate Yarrow, founder, Nigel Lewers, Trustee and Cesca Eaton, UK administrator, flew to Kathmandu to visit all our…
Congratulations Kamal
We are very proud to announce that one of our third year medical students KAMAL has passed his 3rd year final exams with flying colours. We are…
Latest news from Santosh, Purna and Dhanendra
All our medical students are hard at work, but here’s our most recent news from three of them – Purna, Dhanendra and Santosh:…
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…
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…