Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Patient Stories on May 30th, 2009
Posted by Aram Harrow, as told to him by Dr. Aditya Sharma Wherever water treatment and sewer systems are inadequate, people live with the constant risk of diarrhea, typically from bacterial infection. Diarrhea is most dangerous to young children, and (after pneumonia) is the second most common cause of infant death worldwide. For adults, even lifelong [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on May 21st, 2009
Posted by Aram Harrow, as told to him by Dr. Aditya Sharma Two months ago, a four-year old girl accidentally knocked over a pot of hot oil, which left her with burns on her face and scalp. The story of her treatment illustrates both the urgent need for accessible healthcare that Nyaya Health addresses, and [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on May 12th, 2009
Posted by Tanya Shah A young boy was recently brought to the Nyaya Health clinic from one of the outlying communities of Achham. The day before, he had fallen out of a tree while playing with other children. He developed pain in his left arm and a large cut in the skin with muscle, tendon, [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Apr 28th, 2009
Posted by Tanya Shah The decision to refer a patient to a hospital for surgical care is not easy for Nyaya Health providers to make. The cost of transportation alone can be prohibitive and surgical services at the referral centers also require significant cash. For the average family in Achham, this can mean more than [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Apr 22nd, 2009
Posted by Tanya Shah Last year, a 19-year-old female came to the Nyaya Health clinic with symptoms consistent with a bladder infection. However, she appeared to be unusually ill for what is normally a simple infection to treat and cure. Further testing in our laboratory revealed that she had insulin-dependent (Type I) diabetes. Partly due [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Apr 13th, 2009
Posted by Tanya Shah Eight months ago, a 74-year old man who lives near the Nyaya Health clinic came to our out-patient department because he was feeling ill. Upon performing a physical exam, he was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Through a series of lab tests using the I-Stat machine, the patient was found to [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Jan 22nd, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza, as told to her by Dr. Jhapat Bahadur Thapa, MBBS We recently had a 35-year old female come to our clinic for an antenatal clinic visit. She was pregnant with her seventh child. Of the previous six, only the first had survived. Four others were stillborn and one died on the [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Jan 6th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza as told to her by Dr. Jhapat Bahadur Thapa, MBBS A 12-year old boy from an area two hours walking distance from the Nyaya Health clinic was brought in after an abdominal injury. While looking after a grazing bull, the bull became aggressive and injured the boy’s lower abdomen. He arrived [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Dec 7th, 2008
Posted by Dr. Aditya Sharma, MD A 35 year-old female from a village in Achham was carried to our clinic by stretcher. She was brought here by several family members, including a healthy husband, just after the outpatient and delivery services had ended for the evening. During the previous two weeks, she had significant weight [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Dec 2nd, 2008
posted by Aditya Sharma An 18- year old male from the district of Bajura was injured while hunting with family members. He was accidentally shot from behind at an oblique angle, which created a bullet tract from the lower right abdomen, through part of the abdomen, transecting the genitalia, and exiting through the left thigh. [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Oct 20th, 2008
Posted by Dr. Aditya Sharma, MD An 18 year-old female from neighboring village of Mastamandu was carried by her family to our clinic. She came in with headache, blurry vision, and high blood pressure–the ominous signs of pre-eclampsia, a medical condition that affects a significant number of pregnancies and can be life-threatening if not managed [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Sep 20th, 2008
Posted by Dr. Aditya Sharma, MD A 10 year old boy with epilepsy had a seizure and fell into a fire, severely burning his hand. As is often the case, he didn’t come to our clinic until about 14 hours after the injury. He had a mixture of second and third degree burns, having lost [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Sep 15th, 2008
Posted by Dr. Aditya Sharma, MD A fifteen year old boy was climbing a tree near his house to collect guava fruit when he lost his balance and feel out of the tree. He wasn’t very high in the tree, but was impaled on one of the branches near the bottom. The wound wasn’t very [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Aug 15th, 2008
Posted by Dr. Aditya Sharma, MD A young women, pregnant for the first time, came to the clinic at around seven in the morning with painful contractions and bleeding. Dr. Jhapat and I, called in from the staff quarters, found a grade 2 anterior placenta previa (where the placenta obstructs the birth canal). We performed [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Aug 5th, 2008
Posted by Dr. Aditya Sharma, MD Recently, a fifteen year old boy came to our clinic with one of the worst abscesses I had seen. He had fallen out of a tree about two weeks ago and landed on his left upper arm. This fall left nothing but a small abrasion and the boy thought [...]