Medical Case : The Ear Infection of Pemba Tsewang from Dho Tarap, Dolpo (Dolpa)

Medical Case : The Ear Infection of Pemba Tsewang from Dho Tarap, Dolpo (Dolpa)

We took this sweet boy and his father from the remote area of Dolpo to get research and surgery on his ear infection. We were sure it was serious, but not only because of the incredible bad smell coming from Pemba his ear. Also, because months ago he already had loss of hearing and pain that kept him from sleeping for months. As the local nurse from the small healthiest couldn’t do anything for the boy and there was no family or other funding to get the boy to a hospital we decided to do something. Pemba from the first time we met him was an incredible sweet boy and all the teachers loved him.

The family of my wife Samjhana proposed to give shelter to them for at the end the period of 2 months that Pemba had to be in Kathmandu for checkup, treatment, surgery and again checkups before being able to travel back to the remote Dolpo area.

Na bijna een volle week reizen eindelijk in Kathmandu en onderzoek in het Manmohan Hospital.

Before the surgery.

Recovery room.

Pemba posing with his father.

Pemba in our room at home after the surgery. Being entertained with a good movie.

Before Pemba was released from the hospital.

A smile in painful times.

Slowly Pemba his smile is back.

Paying at the cash counter

Time to leave to the house of Samjhana her family to recover for 1 month.

The room Pemba and his father shared in the house of Samjhana her family. Here they could cook, eat and rest. They stayed for 2 months.

Family posing with Pemba and his father before leaving back to Dolpo. From left to right: mother, sister, Pemba, father, Pemba his father, me (Pim) and Samjhana.

Medical Case - Rom Kumari Basnet (55) Sunlan

Rom Kumari. They took away some possible bad tissue that created a big swelling on her back.

Medical Case - Sanjiv Niraula (12) Sunlan Solu

Sanjiv is 12 years old and lives in the village Sunlan in Solu district. He had eye pain and irritation for 2 years and his eyesight was decreasing. After consulting with the eye doctors of the specialized Tilganga eye hospital the conclusion was the problems where caused by a allergy and had to be treated with antibiotics as it had infected the eyes as well. After the infection was over he had to wear a glass with a specific non power glass to protect his eyes more. Also he got drops to keep the flier level of his eyes up to level and avoid the irritations to start. We gave him this last mentioned medicine for a whole year and gave all instructions together with the pharmacist.

Medical Case: Juna Khadka (43) Sindupalchok

Juna Khadka is 43 years old and comes from Sindhupalchok district. A lady who is having a small tea shop next to the hospital informed us about her case. She let us know Juna Gad no husband or other relatives left in her family beside her little boy. She had cancer 9 years ago and undertook surgery for it. The surgeon took out a part of her womb. Now she’s had pain in her belly for a few weeks and the last days it had been drastically incredible as her worries did. We decided to call her to come to Kathmandu and did her checkup. After a blood test, chest x-ray, urinr test, two times ultrasound and video x-ray. The conclusion was no servere problem. At first there was a thought of a infected appendix but after further practical tests this was also excluded. Eventually they found on the x-rays thT her liver was expanded and irritated. They gave antibiotics threw a drip and a emulsion to give her a bit more strength. After the second day in the hospital she was could stay with her relative from the small tea shop and got a final checkup after 3 days. 

Medical Case: Yauna Niraula from Sunlan SoluKhumbu

Medical Case: Sugam Niraula (5) Sunlan

5 New Health Cases from Sunlan, Solu

On our way back from Solu district we could take 5 persons with health issues. They all neded checkup in Kathmandu hospital. One childs father had to join to take care of his little son. We could arrange a jeep to go all together to kathmandu where they stayed in a simple Nepalese hotel. The group consisted of: Naura

Yauna Niraula - 10 years

7 years of eye problems and did 2 years ago checkup but without improvement. She had a burning pain in her eyes mostly left and also her sight on the left eye was affected. 

Sanjiv Niraula - 12 years

2 years of eye problems. He had also a burning pain in his eyes that where most of the time red and his sights wasn’t good. 

 Indra Prasad Niraula - 47 years

Father of Yauna Niraula and had a eye sight problems and because of this had frequently head pain. He had checkup on his sight and needed a glass. 

Rom Kumari Basnet (45)

Rom Kumari has a swelling on the back of her shoulder, feels weak and sometimes sick. She is very worried as most of the villagers tell her this must be cancer.

Sugam Niraula (5) 

The little boy Sugan his two fingers are attached since birth. “He likes to have a hand like other children” as he describes in his own words to us. We consulted with the hospital and we where informed this was only possible in Kathmandu.

Health Support to Raute Nomadic Tribe

Health Support to Raute Nomadic Tribe

The riverbeds close to the Raute camp

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The view from the local house where we stayed.

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We brought another visit to the Nomadic Raute Tribe, unfortunately the last nomadic tribe from living in Nepal. The tribe is struggling with their existence as Governments try to make them give up their nomadic way of life. Beside this the environment of the tribe changes drastically over the last few years and their jungle is disappearing more and more.

Our last visit to the tribe was 4 months ago. They shifted further south in to the district of Sukhet and are on their way to Dang district. We got a call from one of the leader after arriving in Nepal. A police officers talked with Samjhana telling a Raute leader asked him to call us on our number. Dhan Bahadur, one of the two Thalu leaders has been our closes contact from the beginning and he asked us when we would come to visit him again. He told us he got sick recently and got scared not been able to see us again. A week later we followed his instructions and traveled to the small village of Chiple in Sukhet district. Here we met them again in a changing state.

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Fractured ankle but she didn’t want to get an x-ray made as she and other never heard about it and where afraid.

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All came to see our treatments what made it easier to trace other Rautes with wounds or infections.

While meeting the Raute again after 4 months we directly noticed that there where several Rautes with ear and eye infections. As always there where people with cut and burn wounds but mostly they would heal overtime. We knew the Nepalese government together with a collaboration of a few NGO’s with one of them Safe the Children, was assigned to take care oft he health of the Rautes. Durning our earlier visits we could only meet him ones and most of the time he wasn’t present. When we asked about him to his two colleagues, also assigned by the same project and budget, they told us he was working somewhere and would come. But we almost never seen him.

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The local doctor at work.

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After 22 treatments in one and a half hour we felt at least we could do something for the tribe.

During our stay again we met the little boy who wanted to learn and become a tractor driver. This time we decided to try and do something with him. We asked the son of the family where we where having lunch and dinner and who was a drive of small moped or auto if he could teach some driving to the boy. He responded enthusiastically and the next day they started their drivers lesions. We would pay for the fuel and the driver would find the time for it. After his first lesson both where still very enthusiastic and we got told that he did very well in his first lesson and soon could drive himself. As the boy was still very little he needed a hand with the heavy steering. We wanted to let them have an idea that they could do and learn many things and beside their traditional way of living that could have future alternatives as long as they would be eager to learn them and work on their skills.

Also we could take of two Raute friends to visit one of the biggest Hydropower projects in Nepal. They tried to get excess and a tour as they where very interested to see the project but the Chinese project leaders and their Nepalese staf didn’t allow them inside. We tried and with some persistence and telling we would guide over them and they wouldn’t cause any trouble we where taken on a tour inside.

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During the visit at the hydropower construction place.

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Rautes on the left and right looking with interest and asking clever questions about the possible damage to the fish in ‘their’ river.

Malaki, The boy from Laprak

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Our last trip to Gorkha region ended with bringing a 13 year old boy, Malaki (Shakti) back to Kathmandu. The rest of our trip report will follow soon.

Melaki is a 13 year old boy from Laprak, Gorkha region. He is the son of our advisor Aita Gurung. Last year I met his family two times and his 3 boys where realy fun to meet. At that time already I was amazed by the primitive and poor life.

This time even more as the oldest boy had a servere skin infection on his face and arms. It was spreading rapidly over the last few weeks. We decided to take him to a hospital. We still need to find the budget for his hospital bill and giving him the time to recover in Kathmandu.

Will you help Malaki?

You can with donating € 150,- so he can soon go back to his parents and get back to school! Please send me an email at  info@microcarenepal.org if you can help.

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The second problem for the 13 year old Malaki Gurung is that he suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrom. The Earthquake had a awful impact on the boy and his life. Now he has lots of fears ruling his life.

Malaki feeling happy about the recovery of the skinnin his face and to return home to his village Laprak.

 UPDATE!

We didn't got direct funding for Malaki after my previous post, but anyway Micro-Care Nepal supported his recovery!

Malaki going back home after healing almost completely from his skin infections. Happy to see how environment, hygiene and diversity of food affect the health of a child, and so quickly!

All dealing exited Malaki recovered so greatly after a week in Kathmandu.

Mother took great care of the boy, telling him to eat her healthy food on time.

Together with his father, advisor of Micro-Care Nepal, he will go back to their primitive home in Laprak. Hopefully they will get more healthy food soon from the greenhouse we made and hopefully he will stay more clean and hygienic as he learned during his stay with us last week in Kathmandu.