Dr. Meena Performs High-Risk Delivery, Successfully Delivers Twins
This Easter weekend we were reminded of the the hard work continuing in Nepal as many of us in the UK were enjoying our bank holiday.
DFN Dr. Meena, was on-call this week in remote Mugu, when she was presented with an eighteen year old woman, at term with a twin pregnancy. The woman had pre-eclampsia and was in a dangerous situation.
Because she had access to Meena and the rural hospital she works in, she was able to be treated and monitored. Her blood pressure gradually lowered with the help of IV medication as she advanced in her labour.
The beautiful ...
Joanna Lumley Gets Involved with DFN!
Legendary actress, presenter and humanitarian activist, Joanna Lumley has shown her support for DFN by donating her time and recording the amazing voiceover for our brand-new short film!
We were thrilled to have Joanna on board for this project, given her deep connections with Nepal.
We're so grateful to Joanna for her endorsement and to our wonderful film-makers, Cesca Eaton and Gareth Taylor.
Watch the short film below now!
https://youtu.be/GxFecYo1pc4
From Delivering New Life to Educating Communities: Nurse Satya Shows Her Dedication in Rural Bajura
Our committed qualified nurse Satya has been showing incredible dedication during her DFN-funded internship with Phase Nepal, where she has been consulting and treating patients at their health post in remote Bajura, educating children and adults and delivering babies.
Satya recently told us of an outdoor delivery that she attended in the middle of the night. The mother was far away from her village and went into labour at midnight. Satya and her colleague reached her at 1am, delivered the baby safely and returned her to the health post by stretcher, where she and her ...
Power Through Partnership: Our Collaboration With Oda Foundation
One of the key issues that has been raised through our work in the last year has been the difficulties surrounding employment of nurses and midwives. Following the successful qualification of the nurses we support, their next challenge is to find employment in rural hospitals or health posts where the communities are desperate for their help. Unfortunately, with a lack of government posts available in these underfunded areas, this is not always a straightforward task for them.
We want to change this and ensure that the most remote communities receive the nursing ...
Postgraduate Education: More DFN Doctors Take the Next Step
With many of our qualified doctors having now completed their two-year bonded period in remote areas, following being awarded their MBBS degrees and completing their mandatory internships, we're pleased that some of them are now ready to prepare for their postgraduate or MD/MS qualification. This will allow them to become specialists in their chosen area of medicine and bring even more expertise to rural Nepal.
The MD qualification in Nepal takes around three years and involves a challenging entrance exam, that our doctors spend many hours preparing for. On completion ...
