Health

Health--What We're Here For!

The reason we're here is Ramon's work in the hospital.  Do you realize that there are about 18,000 people per doctor in Nepal?  !!!  ...and about one hospital bed per 5000 people?  !!!

The mountainous terrain, which of course makes this one of the world's most beautiful places,

(On a clear day, after the monsoon rains, you can see the Himalayas just beyond these hills!)

filled with a diversity of geography, culture, and religion, can put villagers a very long way from health care.  Walking for days to clinics and/or hospitals is not uncommon.  (If they can't walk, someone will carry them.)  There's also a lack of clean water as well as inadequate sanitation, both of which lead to numerous health problems:  diarrhea, malaria, TB, intestinal worms, gastritis, jaundice, Cholera, Typhoid, hepatitis, meningitis, airborne and skin infections, upper respiratory infections, dysentery, parasites, Hepatitis A, to name a few.

Then you have animal attacks.  Check out the "Sanga Leopard Story" on the hospital's website if you have time:   http://www.scheermemorialhospital.org/  You'll read about the little boy who was rescued from the jaws of a leopard by his sister!

Here are a few more hospital pics:

 Here is the front gate fence.
(This young mother's face says a lot.)


Just outside the gate is this "sidewalk" shortcut down the hill:
(Ramon said the ambulances used to go up and down this.)

Here is the view looking up:

It's good exercise!
Ramon likes to tell people, "I know it looks like I'm helping my wife go up,
but she's actually helping me!"  :)

And now, you will see the reception area:

and the hallways:

Ramon working with part of his team:

Student nurses from the hospital's school:

This X-Ray shows why this person needed surgery:

Here we have someone's bladder stones:

(skip over if you don't want to look)

And a kidney stone:
(ouch)

That's all for now.  More to come!

Have a nice day!