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When Chammaki , age 37, from Bhi, Mugu was carried 3 hours to the PHASE Supported Natharpu Clinic, she was all drenched in blood and her haemoglobin level has already dropped to less than 7. Without any panic but with sheer seriousness and professionalism, PHASE nurses installed a drip saline to the patient and started working on stopping her vaginal bleeding.

It did not take PHASE health staff too long to realize that it is not a normal kind of bleeding. To clear the suspicion, they conducted a test to find out that it was an attempt to conduct abortion of a 3 month old fetus by consuming a local herb. After realizing the fact , PHASE Nurses decided that it is a case which cannot be solved in the village and the patient needs an immediate referal to the zonal hospital and quickly informed the family. The family decided to take her to the Gamgadhi Hospital, the district hostpital because it was nearer. Since the patient was almost unconscious and the bleeding was not stopped, PHASE nurses used the tympanic method to stop bleeding while she is being transported. They used the method to install a waterfilled condom bag at the entrance of the uterus and the bleeding was temporarily stopped.  

Immediately carring the patient in stretcher for a day of walk from Natharpu to Gamgadhi, one of the nurse accompaned the patient and keep replacing the drip set as there had been a severe loss of fluid. In total she was provided  21 bottles of saline before she was delivered to the hospital. Looking at the seriousness of the patient's condition the district hospital quickly referred her to the zonal hospital where she are air trasported accompanied by the PHASE Nurse.

At Seti Zonal hospital, the medical team was amazed at how she could still be alive and appreciated PHASE's efforts to use life saving measures to support the patient. At the hospital she was adimitted and treated for 3 weeks until she was recovered. 

After 4 months of the incident she is living a normal live in her home village Bhi, where PHASE project has not yet introduced. She says " PHASE saved my life, I would have been long dead if there was not PHASE team in my neighbouring village Natharpu. I wish PHASE project will expand upto my village Bhi in the near future."

PHASE has been working in 6 different most isolated villages in Mugu for the last 3 years. From 2019 PHASE is looking to expand its work to Bhi village which is also another remote and isolated village. With PHASE's  support the government healthpost are being strenthened and taken to their full potential in some of the most isolate villages which are from 1 day to 4 days walking distance from the nearest bus roads or the mountain airport.