REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF WORKING HANDS: 2019 Note: The November 2018 visit was deferred to January 2019 to avoid festival dates; report on that visit was included in the 2018 activities Working/Teaching trip organised November 2019, to: Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital, Janatpur Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara Kirtipur Hospital, Kathmandu Activity: Teaching and tutoring […]
Author Archive | Donald Sammut
November 2019: Itinerary and Team members
NEPAL 16THNOVEMBER TO 7THDECEMBER Itinerary: Departure UK to Kathmandu 16thNovember Lalgadh Hospital, Janatpur: 18thto 25thNovember Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara: 25thNovember to 2ndDecember Kirtipur Hospital, Kathmandu: 2ndto 7thDecember TEAM: James Rogers: Consultant Anaesthetist, Bristol, UKTeam Since 2004Participation:Lalgadh, Janatpur:18thto 25thNovember 2019 Sam Gidwani:Consultant Hand Surgeon, London, UKTeam since 2013Participation:Lalgadh, Janatpur: 18th to 25th November 2019 […]
Report by Ann Garewal & Jean O’Reilly, Hand Therapists and team members, Jan 2019
After a year of planning and with 200 kg of kit, eight of us flew to Katmandu to be the team for Working Hands, Nepal January 2019. We were; Donald Sammut (Consultant Hand Surgeon, Team lead), Sam Gidwani (Consultant Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon), James Roberts (Consultant Anaesthetist) Fadi Issa (Plastics/ Research Fellow), Jean Cahill (OT […]
Report by Fadi Issa, Surgeon and Team member Jan 2019
Surgical trip to Lalgadh, Nepal 12th-21st January 2019 I joined the Working Hands Charity trip to Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital & Services Centre in Janatpur, Nepal, in January 2019. I have always been keen to understand more about surgical outreach projects in regions of low resources, but was hesitant to join such teams until I was […]
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF WORKING HANDS: 2018
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF WORKING HANDS: 2018 Note: The November 2018 visit was deferred to January 2019 to avoid festival dates and this visit is included in the 2018 activities 1. – Working trip organised to Green Pastures Hospital March 2018 – Delivery of kit, instruments, consumables – Teaching, mainly of new surgeon Suraj Maharjan […]
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF WORKING HANDS: 2015
Bristol 29th December 2015 REPORT ON WORKING HANDS ACTIVITIES IN 2015 Summary Main achievements: 1. Three Kathmandu juniors organized to undertake Fellowships in the UK: a. Bishal Karki, Middle grade Plastic and Hand Surgeon; six weeks Bristol/Bath January to March 2015 b. Mohan Dangol, Hand Therapist; six weeks Bristol/Bath January to March 2015 c. Pramila […]
November/December 2013 Trip
TEAM FOR TRIP TO LALGADH HOSPITAL, NEPAL 22nd November to 12th December 2013 The Hand Surgery team was expanded by the addition of Fiona Ormerod, GP and Ian Pearson, Dental Surgeon. The trip included treatment of patients and teaching in both The Kathmandu Model Hospital, Kathmandu, and Lalgadh Hospital near Janatpur, in South East Nepal. […]
