Update from Mugu, Nepal 3/17
The team is doing great. They saw about 400 patients yesterday. Today they will see about 300. People are walking for 3-4 days to get there. Many people are being helped by our medical team. Some are being brought in on stretchers and there are some really sick people too. They are also coming from the next district over (Jumla). There is minimal to no health care in this area. The team wanted to send some video/photos but they are down in the valley and it's very difficult to get a signal. There are so many people wanting to be [...]
Update from Mugu, Nepal 3/15
Update from Mugu, Nepal 3/15 The team finally arrived in Pina Mugu! PRAISE THE LORD!!! They were on the first flight out of nepalgunj this morning. An incredible flight! The 1st flight was the team members and the second flight was the equipment and supplies. Once they landed they began the 2-3 hour trek to the village of Pina where they are now setting up the site for the medical clinic/camp. As of 2:00pm KTM time, they opened the clinic a day early. Their first patient was a 3 month old little girl with a hole in her heart. There [...]
Update from Nepalganj, Nepal 3/14
Hello All Just a quick update- It is 1:30 pm Monday here in the city of Nepalganj Nepal. We got this far this morning. We left Kathmandu on the way to Mugu Nepal, stopping here to change planes. However, over night Talcha Airport in Gamgadhi Mugu received 5 inches of snow, so they cancelled all flights. We have a pretty nice hotel here and we plan on catching the first flight we can tomorrow, Tuesday, from Nepalganj to the airport in Mugu district of Nepal. All is good, we are a bit antsy to get up there and get to [...]
Update from Kathmandu, Nepal 3/13
7AM Doha Qatar >>Uneventful so far, Flight from Philly to Doha Qatar was very nice. Not real crowded so we all had a bit of room for the 12 hour flight. On Board the flight now from Doha up to Kathmandu. Roughly a four hour flight then we get our luggage and gear and head to the Hotel. Hoping and praying for clear skies tomorrow morning. First early flight on Monday morning is from Kathmandu to Nepalganj in southern Nepal. We hope to quickly switch there and get on a smaller plane that will take us all up to Gamgadhi [...]