HFN Sindhupalchok team reports...
Hundreds of people were waiting for relief when a team of medical doctors supported by HFN reached a small town in Sindhupalchok district of Nepal. It took them a 5 hour bus ride and a 2.5 hour hike to reach Budepa, one of the worst hit areas of Sindhupalchok. Sindhupalchok saw the largest number of casualties. The HFN members did not see any ongoing relief effort and government was unable to reach there yet. Most of the houses were damaged and not livable. They met a school assistant whose family of 8 was living in a classroom of the school after their mud-and-stone house was completely ravaged. When they asked what was bothering them the most, he said, “I am worried about the kids. How would they come to school now?” Most of the school was destroyed. The team was speechless. Even at this time of devastation, he was worried about school children and not about lack of food and shelter. In that village alone, HFN team was able to provide small but important relief and medical treatment for the people in need. Read their relief and assessment report.
Dr. Uttam Pachya reports...
One of the HFN members and team leader of relief team to Sindhupalchok, Dr. Uttam Pachya writes his first-hand experience: Sixty-one year old Sanimaya from Chakoti village was buried under the rubble of her collapsed house while saving her grandchildren. Her house suffered heavy damage from the major earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25 and completely collapsed by an aftershock near her village. She was with her grandchildren after brunch on Saturday. She could not run away as the earth shook violently but could only throw her two grandchildren out of the window to the corn farm who sustained no injuries. She could not lift herself up to run out of the house but noticed that her right leg was severed with a large stone that fell on her. With all her might, she crawled out of the house with broken leg and later rescued by her sons. She waited days for airlift as no vehicles were available. She could only be provided medical relief when our HFN team was able to reach Budepa, Sindupalchok 7 days later. On our examination, she did not have any nerve or blood vessels damage but had open wound with bone sticking out. We provided necessary stabilization and sent her to a Trauma Center in Kathmandu. Click here for video.
Hundreds of people were waiting for relief when a team of medical doctors supported by HFN reached a small town in Sindhupalchok district of Nepal. It took them a 5 hour bus ride and a 2.5 hour hike to reach Budepa, one of the worst hit areas of Sindhupalchok. Sindhupalchok saw the largest number of casualties. The HFN members did not see any ongoing relief effort and government was unable to reach there yet. Most of the houses were damaged and not livable. They met a school assistant whose family of 8 was living in a classroom of the school after their mud-and-stone house was completely ravaged. When they asked what was bothering them the most, he said, “I am worried about the kids. How would they come to school now?” Most of the school was destroyed. The team was speechless. Even at this time of devastation, he was worried about school children and not about lack of food and shelter. In that village alone, HFN team was able to provide small but important relief and medical treatment for the people in need. Read their relief and assessment report.
Dr. Uttam Pachya reports...
One of the HFN members and team leader of relief team to Sindhupalchok, Dr. Uttam Pachya writes his first-hand experience: Sixty-one year old Sanimaya from Chakoti village was buried under the rubble of her collapsed house while saving her grandchildren. Her house suffered heavy damage from the major earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25 and completely collapsed by an aftershock near her village. She was with her grandchildren after brunch on Saturday. She could not run away as the earth shook violently but could only throw her two grandchildren out of the window to the corn farm who sustained no injuries. She could not lift herself up to run out of the house but noticed that her right leg was severed with a large stone that fell on her. With all her might, she crawled out of the house with broken leg and later rescued by her sons. She waited days for airlift as no vehicles were available. She could only be provided medical relief when our HFN team was able to reach Budepa, Sindupalchok 7 days later. On our examination, she did not have any nerve or blood vessels damage but had open wound with bone sticking out. We provided necessary stabilization and sent her to a Trauma Center in Kathmandu. Click here for video.