NOH has been conducting health camps from the outset to help poor patients who are not able to come to Kathmandu for their treatment. The health camps are divided into a comprehensive health camp where Operation Theaters are set up in the districts by the visiting team from the hospital and the team surgeons along with the nurses perform orthopaedic and trauma surgery even in the remotest of districts, and a simple health camp where patients are seen on an outpatient basis and necessary advice and medicines are given free of cost to the patients.
The comprehensive surgical camps have been done with partner organizations like the Handicap International and others and sometimes the hospital takes its own initiative in bearing the finacial cost for the ventures.
List of Out-reach Camps
- Dec. 2002: Melamche, Sindhupalchowk
- Feb. 2003: Sera, Sindhupalchowk
- June 2003: Bandipur
- Aug. 2004: Thimi, Bhaktapur
- March 2005: Phaplu, Solukhumbu
- Dec. 2005: Chapagaun, Lalitpur
- March 2006: Thaiba, Godavari
- April 2006: Phaplu, Solukhumbu
| Year | Place |
Duration
|
No. of Patients Seen
|
No. of Surgeries Done
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2008
|
Phaplu
|
8th Nov - 15th Nov
|
|
60
|
|
Tistung
|
27th Nov - 4th Dec
|
336
|
80
|
|
|
2009
|
Dang
|
March 25 - March 31
|
146
|
47
|
|
Mugu
|
March 30 - April 08
|
1754
|
56
|
|
|
Sarlahi
|
June 09 - June 15
|
145
|
34
|
|
|
Syangja
|
Aug 07 - Aug 13
|
138
|
31
|
|
|
Melamchi
|
Oct 06 - Oct 13
|
173
|
67
|
|
|
2010
|
Gour
|
January 02 – January 08
|
214
|
32
|
|
Kailali
|
March 22 - March 28
|
201
|
42
|
|
|
Doti
|
Sept 26 - Sept 30
|
217
|
53
|
|
|
2011
|
Dhading
|
April 01 – April 05
|
501
|
24
|
Camp Photographs (Please visit our Gallery for more photographs.)
Free Surgical Camp at Gour, Routahat
The preliminary visit was done on November 23-24, 2009 by two members of NOH with Handicap international team. The camp was conducted from 02–08 January, 2010 (including January 02 and 08 travelling days) in the District Hospital Gour, Routahat. 12 members from NOH were involved in the camp. The Handicap International and Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital had jointly organized the camp. Total persons served were: 214 patient checked / 32 operation performed / 75 patient referred to Kathmandu for further treatment.
Free Surgical Camp at Kailali
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The preliminary visit was done on 11-12 February 2010 by two members of NOH with Handicap international team. The camp was conducted from March 22 – March 28, 2010 (including March 22 and 28 travelling days) in the Seti Zonal Hospital, Kailali. 10 members from NOH were involved in the camp. The Handicap International and Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital had jointly organized the camp. Total persons served were: 201 patient checked / 42 operation performed / more than 70 patient referred to Kathmandu for further treatment.
Free Surgical Camp at Doti
The preliminary visit was done on September 02-04, 2010 by two members of NOH with Handicap international team. The camp was conducted from September 24– October 02, 2010 (including September 24-25 and October 01-02 travelling days) in the District Hospital, Dipayal-Silgadi, Doti. 11 members from NOH were involved in the camp. The Handicap International and Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital had jointly organized the camp. Total persons served were: 217 patient checked / 53 operation performed / 47 patients referred to Kathmandu for further treatment.
Free Surgical Camp at Dhading
NOH has been conducting free surgical camps with collaboration with various national and international organizations. The preliminary visit was done on March 01, 2011 by three members of NOH. The camp was conducted from April 01 – 05, 2011 (including April 05, 2011 travelling day). 8 members from NOH were involved in the camp. The overall financial coverage was done by the Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital. On 2nd April members from NOH and RC Kathmandu West visited the Camp Site and officially inaugurated the camp. District Hospital Dhading & Janaswastha Sahakari Sanstha, Dhading were actively involved during the course. They mobilized a group of volunteers for registration, placing patients in queue, lab and x-ray services, for medicine distribution, counseling about surgery for patient's arrangement in the ward and for overall management. Total persons served were: 501 patient checked / 24 surgeries performed / 45 patients were referred to Kathmandu for further treatment.