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PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORT FOR A MATERNITY
2023 • 2024 The NGO Shankuwasabha Learning Grounds of our coordinator in Nepal and friend Karma Bhutia has received a request for medical equipment for a maternity at 2700m and for financial support for transportation costs.
The residents of this village at 2700m altitude have constructed the building themselves but further financial resources are lacking. A nurse and a midwife are already present.
We compiled a list of the most necessary birthing clininc supplies and went to a reputable company in Kathmandu. Within 2 days Karma already received the entire equipment, which is very fast for Nepal!
The materials: maternity bed with step, oxygen cylinder, ultrasound doppler, steam sterilizer, portable suction machine, blood pressure gauge, catheter set, speculum, stethoscope, suture material, scale, stove, emergency light and various other items.
Some villagers came to Kathmandu for the hand-over of the materials. Then they travel for 3 days by bus (plus extra seats for all the fragile equipment) and by 4×4. Next all the materials are loaded on the men’s backs and they have to walk for another 4 days before reaching their destination.
The cost of this kind of transport is comparatively extraordinarily high because it really involves very remote areas. All the more reason for us to step in financially to help the people in those particular places.
This publication will be continued once the equipment has arrived
Karma, his team and some villagers prepare all the equipment for the long journey of at least 7 days. By bus, 4×4 and on foot to a village located in a very isolated regionrde region
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