Nov 25

Training Nurses in Nepal

“I knew about prolapse but I didn’t have the appropriate knowledge and skills for examination and management of the case.” Ranjita is an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife in Nepal. For three …

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Aug 31

TALES FROM THE FIELD – COVID-19 Support in Nepal

The impact of COVID-19 has been felt hard in Nepal. As at 31st August 2020 there have been over 38,500 cases and 220 deaths. Cases are still increasing. The impact …

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Apr 11

Tales from the Field – Nepal Burns 2019

Ram Shanker’s journey. Ram Shanker is a 50-year-old man that wants nothing more than to drink and eat normally again. Ram fell into a fire a few years ago while …

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Apr 18

47 Patients

A summary of another very successful year for the Burns team 2017.

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Apr 11

Earthquake patient

Yesterday the team preformed surgery not on a burns patient but a young girl who was injured in the 2015 Nepal earthquake and had a skin contracture. She lives in Sindulpalchok which was the Epi Centre of the Earthquake, here is Soniya's story.

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Apr 10

First week concluded, second week commencing!

The Nepal burns project is well underway with the first week concluding and the second week commencing in full swing.

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Apr 04

28 new Volunteers arrive in Nepal

The Nepal Women's health team has finished and the Burns surgery team have arrived for another 2 weeks of surgery.

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Mar 21

Through the eyes of an Anaesthetist

Kenny Lewis is Anaesthetist at the Sydney Adventist Hospital and it is first time volunteering with Open Heart International.

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Mar 16

Nepal Update

Patients just keep flowing in

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Mar 16

Namaste from Nepal

The Women's Health team already down to business.

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