The DHERSEC:
- runs a weekly clinic for disabled and poor persons
- refers cases for specialist care to the local hospital
- refers people with severe rheumatic heart disease to Kathmandu for cardiac surgery.
- subsidises cost of medicines, tests, surgical fees and materials for eligible patients
- provides assistance for children to attend school
- arranges for, and subsidises, mobility aids and equipment
- has rehabilitative approach through home visiting and training
MMA is currently committing $30,000 a year to this project although a lot more could be used if money was available, particularly for children and young adults requiring heart surgery.
Dr Owen Lewis is the international advisor to this project, remaining in contact from his home in Australia.
DHERSEC in partnership with Family Medicine faculty and trainees from the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), runs a weekly clinic for disabled and poor persons. DHERSEC subsidises the cost of medicines, tests, surgical fees and materials for eligible patients using funds provided by MMA.
A Clinic in progress in the front yard of a rented house.
DHERSEC refers cases for specialist care to the local hospital (BPKIHS www.bpkihs.edu )
This patient's name is Ms.D M, age 13 years from Sankhuwasawa district,a remote area of Eastern Nepal. She fell from mango tree near her house and fractured her arm and leg. Her total medical and surgical treatment has been supported by DHERSEC Nepal with MMA's support.
Wheelchair distribution and mobility aids.
DHERSEC arranges for, and subsidises, mobility aids and equipment.
DHERSEC advocates and trains people in new skills (eg sewing, wheelchair construction, jewellery making)
