Settling In At SMH and DH

Part 5 of our May, 2015 Loma Linda University Health Orthopedic Team visit to Nepal.  Some readers may find it unusual that we are posting trip reports from Nepal on a website devoted to a project in Haiti.  However the precipitating circumstances (major earthquakes) are similar and currently a team that frequents Hopital Adventiste d’Haiti are working at Scheer Memorial Hospital (SMH) in Banepa, Nepal.  (This and subsequent reports from Nepal will be posted in a straggled fashion due to inconsistent internet access).

Due to postquake patient flow, a nearby hospital received more trauma victims than SMH did.  After finishing our cases last Friday we headed a few kilometers east on the road to China to Dhulikhel Hospital to determine if our team could be of assistance.

From L to R: SMH orthopedist Prameed Pilli, Scott Nelson, DH orthopedist Deepak Shresha

There was an impressive list of cases at DH waiting for surgeons to tackle

Second page of cases on the orthopedic surgical list for the same day at DH

For the remainder of our time spent in Nepal, we elected to spread out our team between SMH and DH which proved to be a very rewarding option for both facilities. Here Dr Phil is working with Dr Pilli at SMH.

Scott and Jim stabilizing a spine at DH with allstar scrub tech Roshni on the left

Patient in traction patiently waiting for surgery at DH

Scott Nelson making rounds with an orthopedic PA at DH

Dr Phil performing an open reduction and internal fixation of a bothbone forearm fracture at DH