Comments for Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Picture of the Week from Bayalpata Hospital by Madhuri Mathema http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/10/30/picofwk71/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Madhuri Mathema Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:55:12 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4985#comment-795 Lovely picture and the waiting area does look clean and women look fresh and happy. Thanks for sharing! Lovely picture and the waiting area does look clean and women look fresh and happy.
Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on Picture of the Week from Bayalpata Hospital by Madhuri http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/10/02/picofwk67/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Madhuri Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:52:59 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4945#comment-794 This is absolutely an exequisite painting! This is absolutely an exequisite painting!

]]> Comment on Thank You for the Remarkable Campaign by Angelo Tomedi http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/09/28/chase_thank_you/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Angelo Tomedi Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:22:23 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4933#comment-793 Congratulations on the award! I was hoping to read in this blog entry and announcement something about how the new funding will be utilized. Will that information be forthcoming soon? ANgelo Congratulations on the award!
I was hoping to read in this blog entry and announcement something about how the new funding will be utilized. Will that information be forthcoming soon?

ANgelo

]]> Comment on 8 Year-old Boy Makes his Own Diagnosis by Madhuri Mathema http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/09/13/8_yr_boy_diag/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Madhuri Mathema Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:12:30 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4865#comment-792 Great story but I as a regular reader would have liked to know what that worm was, how did he get it? Is it common in Accham or in whole of Nepal to have this kind worm in Children? If yes then what is the preventive mechansim or community sensitization about this kind of worm and how they get it and how they could prevent it? Thank you. Great story but I as a regular reader would have liked to know what that worm was, how did he get it? Is it common in Accham or in whole of Nepal to have this kind worm in Children? If yes then what is the preventive mechansim or community sensitization about this kind of worm and how they get it and how they could prevent it?

Thank you.

]]> Comment on Visceral Leishmaniasis at Bayalpata Hospital by Madhuri Mathema http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/08/24/visc_leish_bh/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Madhuri Mathema Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:25:56 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4831#comment-788 Bravo! you all did a great job saving life in most difficult circumstances. As you mentioned about banana for potassium, I am wondering whether we could make a list of home grown vegetables that provide us valuable micronutirents. For example I just learned that "karela" (bitter lemon here in US) leaf is a good source of iron and good for anemic people, and Karela is good for diabetics. Anyway this is just my thought! Thanks to all your team for the dedication, tirless effort. Bravo! you all did a great job saving life in most difficult circumstances.

As you mentioned about banana for potassium, I am wondering whether we could make a list of home grown vegetables that provide us valuable micronutirents. For example I just learned that “karela” (bitter lemon here in US) leaf is a good source of iron and good for anemic people, and Karela is good for diabetics.

Anyway this is just my thought!

Thanks to all your team for the dedication, tirless effort.

]]> Comment on What if? by Dorothy Corlin http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/08/26/what_if/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Dorothy Corlin Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:59:10 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4835#comment-787 What a sad story! Thanks for writing about it. This really helps people understand the needs of the area and why it is important to donate. What a sad story! Thanks for writing about it. This really helps people understand the needs of the area and why it is important to donate.

]]> Comment on Dr. Paul Farmer: The Source of Inspiration by MADHURI http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/08/18/pf_inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-785 MADHURI Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:05:32 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4815#comment-785 Dr. Roshan you are very fortunate to have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Paul Farmer. Trust you will certainly follow his food steps to make Bayalpata hospital a place where anybody in Accham could come and recevie a quality health care. I have listend to many intervies of Paul Farmer, read books about him and always inspired by his courage, vision and dedication to proved health serivces to those who otherwise would not get it. Good luck in your work. well wisher! Dr. Roshan you are very fortunate to have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Paul Farmer. Trust you will certainly follow his food steps to make Bayalpata hospital a place where anybody in Accham could come and recevie a quality health care.

I have listend to many intervies of Paul Farmer, read books about him and always inspired by his courage, vision and dedication to proved health serivces to those who otherwise would not get it.

Good luck in your work.

well wisher!

]]> Comment on Brothers in Arms by Agya http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/08/03/brothers_in_arms/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Agya Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:59:15 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4794#comment-780 :) when you are living in a place like achham or even elsewhere, it is inevitable to develop deep personal connections with the people you work with. Amidst such relationships it is a real challenge to keep the personal away from the professional. The ease with which he worked without letting his personal relationships with his colleage affect his professional work in the pharmacy and vice versa was really impressive. As I was working in Achham, I learnt from him to tread on this edge. Nice post! Thank you and cheers to you Ravi! :) when you are living in a place like achham or even elsewhere, it is inevitable to develop deep personal connections with the people you work with. Amidst such relationships it is a real challenge to keep the personal away from the professional. The ease with which he worked without letting his personal relationships with his colleage affect his professional work in the pharmacy and vice versa was really impressive. As I was working in Achham, I learnt from him to tread on this edge. Nice post! Thank you and cheers to you Ravi!

]]> Comment on The Transformative Tenderness of Touch by Amber http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/07/27/tenderness_of_touch/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Amber Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:29:53 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4683#comment-778 Incredible story that almost moved me to tears. It is amazing how our small gestures can hurt or heal, and you've expressed this so powerfully. Thank you for sharing! Incredible story that almost moved me to tears. It is amazing how our small gestures can hurt or heal, and you’ve expressed this so powerfully. Thank you for sharing!

]]> Comment on The Transformative Tenderness of Touch by Agya http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/07/27/tenderness_of_touch/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Agya Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:28:32 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4683#comment-777 Beautiful write-up! Very touching. Beautiful write-up! Very touching.

]]> Comment on Water, Water Everywhere, but not a Drop to Spare by neelam adhikari http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/07/13/water_spare/comment-page-1/#comment-776 neelam adhikari Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:02:14 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4676#comment-776 Have you investigated rain water harvesting? You could look for "smart Pani" at internet. They have solved problem for many houses and organizations. Neelam Have you investigated rain water harvesting? You could look for “smart Pani” at internet. They have solved problem for many houses and organizations.
Neelam

]]> Comment on Water, Water Everywhere, but not a Drop to Spare by Madhuri http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/07/13/water_spare/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Madhuri Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:37:01 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4676#comment-775 What you described here is really not an uncommon phenomena. I witnessed this while doing my field work in rural village in Nepal, saw it in Africa and now I leave in one of the advanced countires in the world I see not much difference. Just the way it is expressed is different. I had this notion that in America things will be different as everybdy is educated and all that accompanied with it but not really. My one question to you is does the community own the clinic in the sense that they feel it is their own and they must do everything to make it a vibrant place for people to get primary health care and other treatment. There will always be a bad apple somewhere but the important thing is to bring them to your fold as they say keep your friends close and the foes closer. The case of a little shepard boy is nothing malicious I think but he needs to be invloved too when you have a big community meeting. We tend to ignore children while holding such meeting thinking that their parents speak for them too. I found it while working in Africa that this is really not true. Children could speak their own mind and how they see things around them. Children could be your eyes and ears! It will be a tragedy when you leave the clinic ( Achham) you have gained tremednously in terms of cultural knowledge and how to make a difference in health of a poor rural village but the villagers themslevs have not really got a gist and slowly dismantle the whole thing that you have carefully built with so much hardship and passion. Trust you will make sure that the clinic will continue lg after you have left and people are able to run the clinic themselves. I commend your work no matter what and wish you all the best in your endeavor. Thank you for being there for people of Achham who otherwise would have gotten no health care. What you described here is really not an uncommon phenomena. I witnessed this while doing my field work in rural village in Nepal, saw it in Africa and now I leave in one of the advanced countires in the world I see not much difference. Just the way it is expressed is different. I had this notion that in America things will be different as everybdy is educated and all that accompanied with it but not really.
My one question to you is does the community own the clinic in the sense that they feel it is their own and they must do everything to make it a vibrant place for people to get primary health care and other treatment. There will always be a bad apple somewhere but the important thing is to bring them to your fold as they say keep your friends close and the foes closer. The case of a little shepard boy is nothing malicious I think but he needs to be invloved too when you have a big community meeting. We tend to ignore children while holding such meeting thinking that their parents speak for them too. I found it while working in Africa that this is really not true. Children could speak their own mind and how they see things around them. Children could be your eyes and ears!

It will be a tragedy when you leave the clinic ( Achham) you have gained tremednously in terms of cultural knowledge and how to make a difference in health of a poor rural village but the villagers themslevs have not really got a gist and slowly dismantle the whole thing that you have carefully built with so much hardship and passion. Trust you will make sure that the clinic will continue lg after you have left and people are able to run the clinic themselves.

I commend your work no matter what and wish you all the best in your endeavor.

Thank you for being there for people of Achham who otherwise would have gotten no health care.

]]> Comment on Picture of the Week from Bayalpata Hospital by Dr.Roshan Bista http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/07/10/picofwk59/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Dr.Roshan Bista Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:06:25 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4770#comment-773 Nice photo Nice photo

]]> Comment on Voices from the Bandh by Thomas W. Brady http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/07/07/voices_bandh/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Thomas W. Brady Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:26:16 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4700#comment-745 I hope things get settled there. The work being done seems to be much needed, and needs no added obstacles. I hope things get settled there. The work being done seems to be much needed, and needs no added obstacles.

]]> Comment on Today we Welcome Dr. Paul Farmer to Nepal by Madhuri Mathema http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/06/24/welcome_paul_farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Madhuri Mathema Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:16:29 +0000 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4761#comment-743 Congratulations for being able to bring Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the busiest docotrs in the world perhaps to the hinterland of Nepal. I hope his comng there will inspire many more young doctors and other health professional to contribute their time to the health of people in the hinterland. Dr. Paul Farmer's dedication and work have always inspired me though I am not a medical doctor nor a health professional but a grassroots development worker with expertise in Africa where I mobilized community members village after village to improve the quality of education there. I would love to know more about the reaction of Dr. Paul Farmers to his visit as he finally witnessed the real mountains after mountains and poverty at the same time. DId he have a chance to meet with government officisal both at the district and national level? Did he meet other Nepali young doctors? Thank you. Congratulations for being able to bring Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the busiest docotrs in the world perhaps to the hinterland of Nepal. I hope his comng there will inspire many more young doctors and other health professional to contribute their time to the health of people in the hinterland.

Dr. Paul Farmer’s dedication and work have always inspired me though I am not a medical doctor nor a health professional but a grassroots development worker with expertise in Africa where I mobilized community members village after village to improve the quality of education there.
I would love to know more about the reaction of Dr. Paul Farmers to his visit as he finally witnessed the real mountains after mountains and poverty at the same time. DId he have a chance to meet with government officisal both at the district and national level? Did he meet other Nepali young doctors?

Thank you.

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