Dr Kate Yarrow wins an award
In the presence of the Honorable President Mrs. Bidhya Devi Bhandarijiu, Dr Kate Yarrow, founder and chair of Doctors For Nepal has received an award at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) in Jumla, as recognition for the charity's work in rural Nepal. Sadly Kate was unable to accept the award in person, but Dr Kamal Hamal, one of our graduated doctors now working at KAHS, accepted the award on behalf of Doctors For Nepal. Kate says "It's amazing to see the result of our years of hard work training our doctors and nurses in Nepal. We now know that we are truly ...
Congratulations Dr Purna
We are hugely proud to to announce that we have another Doctor For Nepal. Dr Purna has passed his final exams at Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Kathmandu, and is our 7th doctor to have completed training through the Doctors For Nepal scholarship programme. Thank you so much to everyone for your support, and huge congratulations to Purna - you have worked so very hard to achieve your dream of becoming a doctor, and bringing your skills back to your remote community. Purna will now start a 1 year internship at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu before returning to his ...
News from medical student Sangita
Our new first year medical student Sangita has just returned from her first residential posting as part of her Community Based Learning and Education (CBLE). She describes her experience in her own words:
"My first residential posting went really very well. I learn and enjoy a lot. The CBLE posting was scheduled for 7 days. Our main objective was to familiarize about the physical, economic, environmental and socio-cultural determinants of health at ward level, and assess the existing health services at the Health Post. We stayed at Padampokhari ...
Meet our new medical student Sangita
We are very pleased to announce that we have just started providing funds to cover board, lodging, and travel to Sangita Adhikari, so that she can continue her 1st year medical studies at Patan Academy of Health Sciences.
Before Sangita's plight came to our attention, she was living a 2 hour bus ride away from PAHS making it 4 hours travelling every day to get to the medical school.
Sangita is on a full scholarship from the Nepal Government which covers all her tuition fees, but she has no other financial help. Her 4 hours of travel to and from PAHS was becoming ...
CONGRATULATIONS Apsara and Kamal
We are overjoyed to announce that 5th year medical students Apsara and Kamal have both passed their final year medical exams and are now our 5th and 6th Doctors For Nepal. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Apsara and Dr Kamal - we are very, very proud of you both. All your hard work over the past 5 years has paid off and you are both truly dedicated to serving the remote communities of Nepal. Both will now work as interns for a year at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu before hopefully finding jobs as doctors back in their remote regions.
