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 doctors
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 Dr Apsara and Dr Kamal
Huge congratulations Dr Apsara and Dr Kamal who have both completed their 1 year internship at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu ????? They are now both…
Emergency equipment now in use
As a result of our emergency appeal for funds to buy desperately needed oxygen cylinders and concentrators for remote regions of Nepal, our…
Oxygen equipment arrives in Nepal
DONATE TO COVID NEPAL APPEAL We are VERY pleased to announce that, through some of our supporters’ amazing donations and the extremely quick…
Covid news from Dr Prakash
News just in from Dr Prakash, one of our graduated Doctors For Nepal, who is currently working as a doctor in the remote region of Doti in north…
PPE arrives in Mugu
We are very pleased to announce that a large amount of PPE, the money for which was raised entirely from our online auction at the end of 2020, has…
DFN sending PPE to Nepal
As a result of our online auction held at the end of last year, we have raised enough funds specifically to purchase and distribute PPE for our…
Kamal gets vaccinated
Kamal has had his 1st dose of covid vaccine. He writes “Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its 1st covishield…
Kamal’s short story about poverty and Covid-19
Kamal has just had a short story published on Setopati’s website – Nepal’s most reputable digital newspaper with over 1.7 million…
Nahakul saves young boy’s tongue
A 5-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after cutting his tongue while bathing in a stony river. The boy fell out of a tree and bit his tongue which…
News from Kamal
We asked Kamal, one of our newest qualified doctors, to let us know how he is coping with Covid-19 as he works as a medical intern in Patan Hospital…
Lalit recovers from Covid-19
Dr Lalit, our first ever DFN funded student, now a doctor undertaking his postgraduate education in obstetrics and gynaecology in Egypt, is…
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…
NEWS FROM OUR DOCTORS FIGHTING COVID-19
Dr Nahakul and Dr Meena are both in remote regions of Nepal and have yet to register any cases of COVID-19 in their small hospitals. Nahakul says…
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…
Exciting news from Dr Nahakul
We are delighted to announce some great news from Dr Nahakul, who is currently working in his remote village in the west of Nepal. “I had my job…
Books donated to our students
We are extremely lucky and grateful to have received a donation of 3 large boxes of medical books for our students, which have arrived in Kathmandu…
Dr Meena saving lives on the side a mountain
Our first female DFN sponsored student, Dr Meena, has shared the extraordinary story of how she saved the life of a mother and baby, whilst working…