It ended up being a toss-up between a source of oxygen for patients and an Xray machine, items taken for granted in almost any Australian medical facility.

Any patient whose needs go beyond what the Medical Centre can provide will still need to be taken to Pokhara which involves being carried for seven hours along mountain trails and then taken 45 kms by vehicle. Helicopter retrieval is not an option for local people because of the cost involved.

While we were there a patient was brought in with a sprained ankle, carried an unknown distance by a relative “piggy-back”-style. It was a timely reminder of what we were there for.

Ang Sherpa, Chairman of the Kushudebu Public Health Mission, wrote as follows after receiving his half of your donations?.

“To all the donors!

we kushudebu public health mission would like to thank you for your great support towards to the medical center which is located in the solukhumbu region eastern part one of the remote area of nepal. at this time we are working on the birthing center so your support will be used for buying delivery equipments for the medical center. we still have more things to do at the medical center but we thought this is important so thank you for your support.

we hope that we will have continue relation ship and look forward to your continue support.

thank you all

with best regards

ang tshering sherpa

president

kushudebu public health mission nepal

www.kushudebu.org.np”

Ang has also promised to send some photos of the new equipment later on.