Due to the lack of health centers and hospitals in the rural areas of Nepal, the local people are compelled to travel to the cities and towns for better health facilities. Also due to lack of awareness about the causes and preventive measures on various kinds of health-related issues, they tolerate the minor diseases and that takes a serious form in the meantime.
To address this issue, this organization has been conducting free health camps in the rural areas of Nepal. So far, the organization has conducted 25 free health camps at the Malangawa of Sarlahi, Suryabinayak of Bhaktapur, Chittlang of Hetauda, Kushewar and Nawalpur of Sindhupalchowk, Durgasthali of Bajhang and so on.
Bajhang district
Bajhang. A two-day free health camp has been organized in a remote place of Bajhang district. The team from Kathmandu has organized health camps in Durgathali and Bungal municipalities of the district.
Bajang’s Bungal municipality still does not have electricity. Even though the unpaved road has reached Durgathali village municipality, there is lack of other physical infrastructure for development. Coordinated by Taramandal Women’s Empowerment Campaign at the request of the local level.
The program was collaborated by Basudev Prasad Joshi Pratisthan, Nepal Tuberculosis Prevention Organization District Branch Bhaktapur, Nepal Peace Scout, Upkar Seva Nepal and Mata Manakamana Screen Print.
“The camp at Durgathali in Bajang district is probably the grandest and the first camp to be attended by a large number of service recipients,” said Trivikram Singh, coordinator of the free health camp and a member of the campaign.
After all, 1,145 service recipients registered for health check-up in Durgathali. According to the National Census 2068, in a village with a population of only 12,980, about 11 percent of the population underwent a health check-up at the camp on the first day. Coordinator Singh thanked the doctors, health workers, volunteers and various social organizations for their support in making the camp a success.
Similarly, Prayagraj Joshi, chairman of the village municipality, said that the work of setting up a birthing center in the same ward has been taken forward as health service is the first priority of the municipality. He said that the Worthing Center has been given priority as the infant mortality rate has increased in the village due to lack of awareness. He also said that the aim is to operate an ambulance in collaboration with the central government to make the health service of the local people more effective as it is a geographically remote place.
The first day of the camp saw the highest number of gynecological patients among the participants. A team of doctors specializing in pediatrics, osteoarthritis, dental diseases, sputum tests, asthma and other ailments has conducted health check-ups and distributed medicines in Durgathali. The first day camp was held at the premises of Chaudhara Secondary School in Durgathali, about 40 km from the district headquarters Chainpur.
Similarly, a camp was organized on the second day at Saraswati Higher Secondary School in Vijagada in Bungal Municipality in collaboration with Bungal Development Society. A total of 1,561 people received medical treatment at the camp, which was held without electricity. Significant participation of local service recipients from Vijgada to Deukot, Dahabgar, Khiratari, Kholek etc. was seen in the camp. Most of the participants in the camp were women and children from the village, which is an hour’s walk across the Kalanga River.
Most people were happy to receive free health check-ups and medicine in their own village. Among them, Vijayamati, 60, of Khiratari and Dhansara Nepali, 80, of Kholek sang in West Vaka. While undergoing treatment for gynecological diseases, they sang deuda happily while waiting in line at the place of taking medicine. They danced on the bus for two days, thanking the team that reached Bajang from Kathmandu for free treatment.
Free Health Camp Sarlahi
