This guest post was written by Dr. Tom Spears, an MBBS from the UK who is serving at our hospital for a year (along with his wife Melanie who works in public health). We are so grateful to our volunteer physicians who give of themselves to the people of Far Western Nepal. My first few months in Dadeldhura… The last few months have been good (just to say that at the outset!) and I would thoroughly encourage anyone who is thinking about coming here to serve to just do it. It has also been challenging in many ways: learning [...]
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This post was written by Melanie Bhatta, RN, a nurse from the United States who is serving at our hospital for a year. Malnutrition is a significant problem here in Nepal, especially in the rural villages. Poverty and a lack of knowledge about a balanced diet compound each other to cause long-term health effects, which we see in some of our children at the hospital. Children are not only not getting enough food to eat, but also the foods they do eat do not provide the proper nutrients that their growing bodies need. In response to this problem, our [...]
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