ANNUAL_REPORT_2008-2009.pdf

Musculo Skeleton:
Male: - 8, Female: - 15

Gastro-Intestinal:
Male: - 4,  Female: - 16,  Girl: - 1

Dermatology:
Female: - 5, Boy: - 2,

ENT:
Female: - 1

Ophthalmology: 
Female: - 1

Respiratory:
Women: - 2, Girl: - 1

Cardiovascular:
Female: - 5

COPD:
Female: - 2.

Disinfection and bandaging:
- 2 patients

Hernia:
Boys – 2

P.U.O:
Girls – 3

Gynecology:
Female - 9

  A.N.C: 
Female - 1

Once again, the ratio of patients leaned heavily towards women:

Men: -         14
Women: -         57
Boys: -           7
Girls: -           2
Total Number of patients:-         80

In total, 105 patients were helped by the health camp in Baghauda, with women suffering significantly more diseases than men. Diseases include:

Gastritis: - Male:  6, Female: 21, Girls:1

Musculo Skeleton: Male:  7, Female: 18, Boys:1.

Dermatology: - Men: 1, Female:  4, Boy:  5,

ENT: - Male: - 1, Females: - 3, Girl: - 1

Respiratory: - Female: - 1, Girls: - 2

Cardiovascular: - Female: 7

COPD: - Female: 2

Disinfection and bandaging: - Male: 2

Hernia: - Boy : 1

P.U.O:- Male: 1 Female: 1.

Gynecology: - Female: 15

The overall distribution of patients leans heavily toward women as detailed below.

Male: -         17
Female: -         75
Boys: -     8
Girls: -     5
Total Number of patients:   105

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

From childhood Binod Bhusal born in Meghauli, Chitwan, suffered from recurring illnesses. Local medical personnel could find no explanation for this. In his teens he went to work in India to support his family, being the only son. However, due to further illness he lost his job and came home to Meghauli. Various doctors still could not find any explanation for his ill health. It was only when one doctor sent him to National Heart centre in Kathmandu for a check up, It was discovered that he had a hole in heart. He needed an operation.

By this time Binod was married and it was hard for both families to find money for surgery. Binod, with his family, went by bicycle for 3 hours to a Clinic Nepal run health camp at Madi. Here he was seen by Dr. Harbig from Germany, who was leading the health camp. Dr Harbig, through Clinic Nepal, paid for and arranged for the operation to take place with further contributions from the hospital and Binod’s family.

On 26th May 2009, Binod’s operation was successfully performed at Gangalal Heart Centre Kathmandu. By 6th June, Binod was feeling well, eating and drinking normally, even walking round the hospital garden, so he was discharged. A week later he had his stitches removed.

Now, with a pain free future to look forward to and increased strength and good health Binod is back in Meghauli with his wife who is pregnant with their first child.
               
Binod would not have been able to have this life enhancing operation without the help of Clinic Nepal, and the donations it recieves. To help someone like Binod please donate, by clicking here.

On 20th April 2009, there was a grand festival in Meghauli, a VDC area in Western Chitwan. It was held to celebrate the area being declared a “ No Open Latrine Zone” on a programme organised by Clinic Nepal and the VDC. Two bands, the students of the local schools, the members of the VDC, the staff of Clinic Nepal and local villagers celebrated with the chief guest, the Local District Development Official, in a temperature of 40°C.

It had taken six years of struggle to arrive at this day, but we got there. The Meghauli VDC area was declared a “ No Open Latrine Zone”. More than one thousand people participated to create the successful outcome of this programme.

When Clinic Nepal, Chairman Hari Bhandary, established the Medical Clinic in Meghauli in 1997, it was found that more than 40% of illness was due to waterborne diseases. Therefore the distribution of medicine could not be the complete answer. Much of the solution to reducing illness must be found in establishing clean water, sanitation and improved hygiene. In other words, prevention rather than cure. Clinic Nepal launched a campaign to create a clean water and sanitation scheme. After approaching many organisations and individuals for help, Water Aid UK plus some UK citizens agreed to financially support his project.

Peter Shore, UK, already a staunch supporter of Clinic Nepal, encouraged his family and friends to give financial aid over the years to this project. In this way, finance from UK paid for the project. Local villagers contributed local materials and worked voluntarily to build wells and toilets. NEWAH gave technical support while Clinic Nepal co-ordinated and led the project.

There are 2,861 households with a population of 16,545 in Meghauli VDC area. Before the start of this project there were only about 400 toilets in existence. Now all 2,861 households have toilets. Also pumps and wells for clean water have been established so that there is clean water from a pump serving each five to ten households.

Chitwan district has 41 VDC’s, of which four now are declared as “ No Open Latrine Zones.” Meghauli being the fourth of these VDC areas but the only one to build actual concrete toilets.

So there was good reason for the people of Meghauli to happily celebrate this successful progress in clean water and sanitation with a resultant reduction in illness and poor health, and what better way than to have a festival!