Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Patient Stories on May 19th, 2012
Posted by Bibhusan Basnet During one of our regular morning rounds, I saw an elderly lady carrying her two year old male child into the Emergency Department (ED). They were waiting to be examined and looked a bit distressed. I attended to the child. The lady told me that he had fallen from the stairs [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Mar 12th, 2012
Posted by Duncan Maru An 18-year-old man presented recently with swelling and pain over his right forearm after a fall. I was asked by one of our Health Assistants, Ram, to look at his x-ray. About a week prior, he had been carrying a stone on his head for some construction when he tripped and fell. Curiously, in [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Jun 24th, 2011
Posted by Micheal Polifka This post was written by Dr. Michael Polifka, Nyaya team volunteer, as a personal journal entry during a recent trip to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, Nepal. The monsoon season started almost a month early this year. The evenings cool down a bit and so sleeping under my mosquito net is comfortable. About midnight [...]