Helping Hands Hospitals and Permanent Clinics in Nepal

Helping Hands Community Hospital Chabahil

Helping Hands Community Hospital and Helping Hands / Nepal headquarters are located in Chabahil area in the Kathmandu Valley and is about 3 miles north east of the center of the city. It is a 100-bed model community hospital dedicated to provide quality health services to poor, destitute and under-served people in Nepal. It provides both in-patient and out-patient services.

It is a full-fledged hospital and has 24 hours emergency service. The OPD is open from 9 am to 4 pm around the year and it is open Sunday through Friday. More than 250 patients are seen each day.

It also has a pharmacy within the complex and distribution of medicines is in a very high flow from this pharmacy.

Services Provided in the Clinic

• Emergency services-24 hours everyday.
• OPD
• Diagnostic services
• Pathology services
• Special services-ECG, TMT, Echocardiography, Eudiometry, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, etc.
• In-patient Services
• Operation Theaters
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Ambulance Service
• Immunization and family planning services
• DOTS, DOTS Plus
• Other Services-Free school health program; family and neighbor health package

Address:
Helping Hands Community Hospital
Chabahil Chowk, Kathmandu, Nepal. Phone: (977 1) 4470615; 4473518
CEO: Dr. Gupta Bahadur Shrestha
Medical Officer: Dr. Shyam Shrestha

Generally, patients who come to Kathmandu clinic generate low income, if they generate income at all. People travel long distances to receive health care and medications for a small fee. Word has spread about the clinic and it is slowly becoming popular with the people. Since the clinic does not generate sufficient income to support itself, the administration fee covers the costs of running the clinic and paying the rent. Western volunteers - both medical professionals and students, and non-medical volunteers who are interested and willing to spend time in Kathmandu are most welcome for this challenging effort of serving the under-served people of Nepal.

Helping Hands Community Hospital, Dang

Helping Hands has started a 25-bed hospital in Ghorahi of Dang district in the mid-western region of Nepal. It is a town in a valley about half an hour drive north from the main highway linking eastern and western parts of Nepal. Eventually it will be serving about one million people living in this town, adjoining villages and districts. There are two airports-3.5 and 4 hours drive on eastern and western direction of this location through which this place is linked to Kathmandu.

This hospital started its services from October 2008. A local Helping Hands committee manages this hospital. It has most of the essential departments including the following:

• general practice,
• ob/gyn,
• pediatric,
• orthopedic,
• dental, and
• Ophthalmology

It has following facilities and equipments:

• X-ray,
• ultra sound,
• Operation theater,
• laboratory,
• pharmacy, and
• canteen.

Its laboratory is best in the surrounding area.

Address:
Helping Hands Community Hospital
Ward No. 10, Ghorahi Municipality, Dang, Nepal. Phone: (977 82) 562693
Contact person: Man Bahadur Budha Magar (Chairperson)

Indrayani Clinic

Indrayani permanent clinic was established on the 20th of February, 2000 and was inaugurated on the occasion of the 11th Helping Hands day. This clinic is 8 kilometers (5 miles) far from Kathmandu city. It is the center for 8 other village development committees and this is one of the greatest advantages of establishing the clinic in this area. This clinic is jointly run by Helping Hands, Paropakar Sanstha and the Village Development Committee. The main building for the clinic was initially provided by the Parpakar Sanstha but was renovated by Helping Hands. Now Helping Hands has full time staff and provides medical services to the people of this village as well as other villages in its periphery. General OPD, surgery and other referral services are provided in this clinic. It is also equipped with a pharmacy.

Khandbari Clinic

Khandbari permanent clinic was established on the 6th of September, 2000. It is situated in the main bazaar of Khandbari. Though there was a 15 bed hospital in Khandbari, there were no doctors in the hospital so the general village people had to resort to facilities in either Kathmandu or Biratnagar for medical services. The establishment of the permanent clinic has provided lot of facilities to the local people. The clinic provides general outpatient services, eye check up, surgery, vaccinations, antenatal check up, pathology services, ECG, X-Ray, Ultrasound and Pharmacy services. Since its establishment it has served more than 6,000 patients.

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Phalewas Clinic

Phalewas clinic was established on March 2005. Given the state of medical facilities available in this village and given the high demand for good medical relief services, the health clinic of Helping Hands is definitely an innovative and appropriate idea. With the exception of one or two eye camps, the village had not experienced services of any health camps. It is therefore, hoped that this new halth clinic with lab facilities including X-ray, ultrasound, and ECG equipment could generate high enthusiasm among people. The weaker sections of the society are surely benefiting most from this clinic. From Phalewas and its neighboring villages some 50,000 people will have the opportunity to use the services of the clinic.

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