Posted by Ryan Schwarz
Nyaya Health is pleased to announce it has received an anonymous gift of $25,000 to purchase an X-ray machine for Bayalpata Hospital. Nyaya is honored to receive this gift and is excited to offer our patients better care through this program!
X-ray diagnostic services will offer critical support to the clinical team at Bayalpata Hospital. Patients in this photo wait in line to see Nyaya clinicians at the Bayalpata Outpatient Department.
Currently, there is no X-ray machine in the area where Nyaya Health works. The importance of X-ray technology is critical for the diagnosis and management of many diseases and medical emergencies. In Achham, where road traffic accidents and other traumas are frequent, and infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis are prevalent, the addition of an X-ray machine will be critical to improved clinical care at Bayalpata Hospital.
Nyaya will aim to implement X-ray services in the first half of 2010, and scale-up services expanding to a teleradiology program in late 2010 and 2011. We aim to create a model X-Ray program that can be scaled up throughout Nepal and South Asia, and serve as an instructive pilot system for governmental health ministries. The X-Ray program will build upon Nyaya’s existing ultrasound program, which utilizes teleradiology for quality assurance purposes. As our X-ray program expands, Nyaya aims to develop collaborations within Nepal for future telemedicine services in a continued effort to expand capacity within the Nepali healthcare infrastructure.
Nyaya is deeply appreciative of this generous gift and will ensure 100% of it goes to work towards equity in health care in Nepal!
Nice!
I wish nyayahealth more success to help rural peoples.