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 from the UK.
Dr Prakash organised all the students to come together for a grand opening ceremony, before putting the books in the DFN library. These days in the UK, most medical students use the internet to advance their knowledge, as much of the information in the more traditional medical text books is available online. However, for our students and doctors in Nepal, internet connection is very poor in their ...
TeamDFN raises funds in half marathons
A huge thank you to Heather, Emily, Nic and Alex who have all just run half marathons in London in aid of Doctors for Nepal.
Heather, Emily and Nic took on the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London for the first time and they did remarkably well, raising a total of £1,519.50 which is an amazing effort. Below are their race times and fundraising totals:
Heather ran 1hr 54mins 57 secs and raised £580
Emily ran 2hrs 17mins 30 secs and raised £412
Nic ran 1hr 57mins 27 secs and raised £527.50
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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 Health Sciences (KAHS) Nursing College.
We have awarded full scholarships to Niruta Shahi and Hardevi Bhandari and a half scholarship to Sita Sharma. All three students come from the remote province of Jumla, part of the Karnali District.
Niruta, 16, lives in Jumla with her father, who's a shopkeeper, her mother and 2 siblings - her younger brothers.
Hardevi, 16, lives in a small remote village in Jumla with her ...
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 there for 1 week but found it extremely informative and he is now an expert on measuring blood pressure and malnutrition. After his return he contracted dengue fever which is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes and is very prevalent in Nepal. The infection is usually mild and passes after about 1 week without causing any lasting problems. But in rare cases it can be very serious and potentially life threatening. We are ...
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 in an extremely resource-limited setting. She is working in the far west of Nepal, in a tiny mountain-side hospital. There are no operating theatre lights, and no electricity to power instruments to stem blood-flow.
A few weeks ago she undertook an emergency caesarian section on an extremely unwell women who had been in labour for over two days. It took many hours to convince the family that a Caesarean was required to save ...
