Basic medical lab for rural health clinic in Thulo

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Summary

The Mountain Fund has opened a new medical clinic in Thulo Syabru, Nepal. This project will establish a basic medical laboratory within the clinic. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The clinic will provide basic medical services to the residents of Thulo Syabru and surrounding villages in this remote region of Rasuwa district in Nepal. These communities suffer from health problems associated with crippling poverty, such as diarrhea, worm infestation, malnutrition, acute respiratory infections, and tuberculosis. A basic medical lab will have a significant positive impact on our ability to more accurately diagnose and treat these common ailments.

Activities

* Renovate the facility (ceiling, walls, floor, and lighting) * Acquire furniture, equipment, and supplies * Install the new equipment * Support annual costs for one year

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $16
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $7,952
Total Funding Goal: $7,968

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Significantly enchanced capacity to serve critical health needs * Exams (blood, urine, stool, acid-fast bacillus, pregnancy, etc.) * Diagnosis (gastro-intestinal, anemia, kidney problems, diabetes) * Treatment (medicinal & educational)

Project Message

With this Clinic and laboratory, we are one crucial step closer to our goal of 3 clinics that triangulate this part of the Rasuwa District in Nepal, making health care available to thousands.
- Scott MacLennan, International Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Scott MacLennan,
International Director
27 Sumption
Sandia Park, NM 87047
United States
505-980-4520
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Mountain Fund

Organization

The Mountain Fund
139 Madison, NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
United States
505-459-7040
http://www.mountainfund.org

Learn more about The Mountain Fund and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 05, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 16, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Assistant Director

By August 2008: Healthcare update from Nepal - Jenn Spradlin, August 05, 2008 06:43 PM

The village of Thulo Syabru, located in the Rasuwa District of Nepal, has been working with The Mountain Fund for the past three years, to turn their idea of a health clinic into reality. This past March, TMF Founder, Scott MacLennan, and Thulo Syabru resident, Bhunima Lama, worked for one month to prepare the clinic’s building for occupancy; by connecting a water supply system and extensive cleaning of the interior. We are happy to announce that the clinic had its grand opening in April.

To reach Thulo Syabru it’s a three hour walk from the nearest road. Before this clinic, sick or injured people, including pregnant women, had to walk three hours down a steep trail to go to a health post and three hours back up the same steep trail to reach home safely. The amount of people served by this clinic is geographically huge, and reaches as far as Gossaikund, a three day walk from here. The clinic is strategically located at the convergence of the Helembu and Langtang trails, and so it can also assist trekkers who need first aid.

The clinic is staffed with one CMA (Certified Medical Assistant) and a Staff Nurse, and costs less than $2.00 (US) per family, per year, to operate. Medicine is sold at wholesale cost, and we do not turn patients away if they don’t have any money. Since its grand opening in April, the clinic has been treating 3 patients per day.
For more information about our projects, please visit www.mountainfund.org
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