Clinic Nepal Health Camps

Tuesday 17th March 2009

On the 19th July 2009 Dr. Suzana Mara Montana arrived in Kathmandu with her daughter, Amina Mara Montana for a medical mission arranged by Clinic Nepal in Meghauli, Chitwan.
The free health camp launched on the 20th July in the Chitwan district in Madi Area under 40°C heat. The mission began with a brief flight from Kathmandu to Bharatpur. Due to the natural disasters and landslides, the Madi area is not accessible by bus at this time of the year.  This was followed by a two-hour trip by ambulance through a rocky road across the jungle and ended abruptly at a river site. The two doctors, Hari and four hundred kgs. of medical supply crossed the river on a buffalo cart and continued the journey to the village. 

A group of local Tharu women were there to welcome the medical crew with flowers and a ceremony. The clinic was set up at a local school building in which OBGYN and pediatric patients could get medical care. This was the third health camp provided by Clinic Nepal in this area in the last ten months. During five days basic medical care, medication and medical education were provided to this extremely impoverished community, which has no other access to medical care. The doctors found that the greatest problem was the malnourished children and poor hygiene. The group was very tolerant towards working in such extreme conditions with no running water, electricity. More than 700 patients were seen in total, 16 of which were surgical cases that required referral to the hospital. Among those 16 patients, 4 of them were children with inguinal hernias, a possible serious congenital heart disease, a child with thyroid megaly, about 9 uterine interventions and a breast lesion.  With the financial support of Clinic Nepal, these patients will receive the procedures necessary for curable diseases that otherwise could become life threatening.

Article by Miss Amina Mara Montana