http://blog.nyayahealth.org Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/01/then-and-now/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/01/then-and-now/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:48:49 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1999 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/01/then-and-now/feed/ 28 Posted by Bibhav Acharya In this photo essay, Bibhav Acharya, one of Nyaya’s Board members, captures some of the changes that Achham and Nyaya have seen in the last three years. THEN: Bayalpata Hospital was built in the 1980s by the Nepali Government. However, due to political pressure, all equipment was moved to another hospital [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/12/20000patient/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/12/20000patient/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:14:04 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1852 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/12/20000patient/feed/ 0 Posted by Astha Ramaiya Shortly after Bayalpata Hospital’s first birthday, the hospital saw it’s 20,000th patient on August 10th 2010. We achieved this milestone with the support, hard work and continued efforts of the government, staff, community, donors, and Nyaya supporters residing both in Nepal and around the world. As Nyaya continues to strive for [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/06/useofambulance/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/06/useofambulance/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:54:59 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1776 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/06/useofambulance/feed/ 0 Posted by Ryan Schwarz Recently, Nyaya’s staff at Bayalpata Hospital received a 7 year-old boy who had fallen and sustained significant head injuries. There was concern that he had fractured his skull and had increased pressure inside his skull cavity – a life-threatening condition. He was immediately transferred to Seti Zonal Hospital in Nyaya’s ambulance [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/07/27/pitchedroad/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/07/27/pitchedroad/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:07 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1465 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/07/27/pitchedroad/feed/ 1 Posted by Dr. Sona Shilpakar Traveling the final leg of the long journey from Kathmandu to Bayalpata hospital, from the town of Sanfe Bagar up the hill to the Hospital, was far easier than I had expected. I had heard of the road’s previous condition prior to journeying here as a volunteer public health physician. [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/05/13/easttowesthighway/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/05/13/easttowesthighway/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 18:29:43 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1315 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/05/13/easttowesthighway/feed/ 0 Posted by Astha Ramaiya The second east-to-west highway is currently being constructed in Nepal, with an estimated completion date of sometime in the next year. The 1700 km road is a central hill highway, and only the second highway to cross the country. The road starts at Chiyo in Panchthar, and links Kathmandu, Pokhara, Rukum, [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/04/21/nyaya-ambulance-program/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/04/21/nyaya-ambulance-program/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:35:15 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1225 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/04/21/nyaya-ambulance-program/feed/ 1 Posted by Ryan Schwarz In 2009 the Indian Embassy to Nepal generously donated an ambulance to Nyaya Health. Nyaya’s ambulance program serves two primary objectives: Patient transfers – for those patients too ill to be treated at Bayalpata Hospital, the ambulance can provide transfer to other regional hospitals better equipped to provide care Personnel transfer [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/19/head-injuries-in-children/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/19/head-injuries-in-children/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:13:07 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=912 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/19/head-injuries-in-children/feed/ 0 Posted by Dan Schwarz, following conversations with Ruma Rajbhandari In a blog post last month (“Severe Storms in Achham”), we related the story of a two year old girl who had suffered a traumatic head injury after falling from a height of one storey. At the time, we were happy to report that, despite an [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/08/15/ambulance/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/08/15/ambulance/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:02:09 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=808 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/08/15/ambulance/feed/ 0 Posted by Shefali Oza Nyaya Health thanks the Indian Embassy in Nepal for its generous donation of an ambulance. With the addition of this ambulance, we will now be able to transport patients free of charge to regional hospitals between 5 and 15 hours away for life-threatening conditions we are unable to treat at Bayalpata [...]