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/2011/11/13/stubbed-toe/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/11/13/stubbed-toe/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:00:30 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3788 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/11/13/stubbed-toe/feed/ 1 Posted by Duncan Maru   [This poem was written by Duncan Maru, co-founder and President of Nyaya Health.]   You have come to me for a busted toe, an accident, you say. Dressed in your loose black shirt with a large Christian cross on it, grey sagging sweat pants. Your face, round, youthful, inquisitive, impresses [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/03/intensivecare/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/03/intensivecare/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:56 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3666 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/03/intensivecare/feed/ 0 Posted by Ryan Schwarz In September, an article was published in the well-respected journal Pediatrics entitled “Challenges in setting up pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in a resource-limited country” which detailed the planning, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Patan Hospital’s neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (NICU and PICU). Patan Hospital is one of the leading [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/01/17/compassion-and-consumption/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/01/17/compassion-and-consumption/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:00:10 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2453 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/01/17/compassion-and-consumption/feed/ 1 Posted by Duncan Maru A 60 year old gentleman presented to Bayalpata Hospital today describing several months oflower back pain.  A large proportion of adult patients who come to Bayalpata Hospital describe back pain.  It is significantly challenging to determine which of these patients have a problem that is actually amenable to medical therapy.  In [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/29/buddha_air_emergency_trans/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/29/buddha_air_emergency_trans/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:00:50 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2251 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/29/buddha_air_emergency_trans/feed/ 0 Posted by Bibhav Acharya Dr. Bikash Gauchan and Dr. Amir Bista, Nyaya’s two physicians, were running out of options for a very sick 17 year old girl from a remote village in Achham.  She had been to several hospitals in the region and had conflicting lab results and no clear diagnosis. Despite our best efforts, [...] 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/2010/08/09/mortalityreview_iufd/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/09/mortalityreview_iufd/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:33 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1805 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/08/09/mortalityreview_iufd/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru, MD, PHD At Bayalpata Hospital, we face clinical questions that our so harsh, so uncomfortable, that they challenge our very humanity as healthcare providers.  The clinical challenge in this morbidity and mortality review is precisely one such instance: What is the appropriate management when a pregnant woman comes in from a [...] 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/2010/01/14/in-solidarity-earthquake-crisis-in-haiti/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/01/14/in-solidarity-earthquake-crisis-in-haiti/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:56:49 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1081 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/01/14/in-solidarity-earthquake-crisis-in-haiti/feed/ 1 Posted by Dan Schwarz At this time of great crisis, Nyaya Health would like to express its solidarity with the people of Haiti, and the various NGOs and governments who are currently working in these crucial hours in the rescue and relief operations. We hope that our supporters will contribute to these efforts, either by [...] 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/2009/10/12/895/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/12/895/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:16:36 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=895 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/12/895/feed/ 6 Posted by Dan Schwarz, following conversation with Ruma Rajbhandari Over the past two weeks, communication with the Nyaya Health staff in Achham has been very difficult due to the severe storms occurring throughout the region. One week ago, the Bayalpata Hospital satellite dish was struck by lightning, effectively cutting off all outside communication. Since then, [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/04/880/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/04/880/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:58:44 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=880 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/04/880/feed/ 1 Posted by Dan Schwarz It has now been several weeks since our last update on the cholera epidemic that has plagued Achham and other parts of Nepal in recent months, and we are happy to report that it has been waning as the monsoon season comes to an end. At Bayalpata Hospital, we have seen [...] 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 [...]