Sarawak General Hospital Elective Full Of Fascinating
Sarawak General Hospital Elective Plus Long Term

This is a very traditional Sherpa village and you can stay in the home of Ang Chhongba Sherpa, with whom Gavin Bate started Moving Mountains in Nepal over twenty years ago.

We also run a community health clinic up in the mountains with our charity Moving Mountains, and opportunities are also available to spend time there but without supervision from a Doctor (we employ a community nurse and assistant health workers only in the villages).

We also run annual free medical camps for the Sherpa communities in this area which you are welcome to join if the dates coincide.

We have a strong belief in social entrepreneurship and tourism benefitting the local population, which includes the tourism and benefits provided by medical electives and medical camps.

They have two children and there is an office for the Adventure Alternative Nepal company attached to the three-storey house which has a rooftop terrace overlooking the city and accommodation for up to eleven visitors in comfortable rooms.

Please contact us in advance if you have a preference or enquiry about a specific type of elective.

The hospital is a major teaching hospital and the standard elective programme is wide ranging and visits most departments.

Sarawak General Hospital Elective Full Of Fascinating

The city is full of fascinating tours and history, great restaurants and temples such as Pashupatinath and Boudhanath.

Since the earthquake in April 2015, many of the great monuments have been damaged but much still remains.

You can still visit Patan and even the ancient town of Bakhtapur and see the temples, and in Kathmandu the huge Boudinath stupa is still standing, as are many of the other attractions.

Do take advice from our local staff about how best to travel and always stick to safe transport even if its a bit more expensive.

Andy MacDonald will then contact you to start the process for your elective at Tribhuvan teaching hospital and make all the arrangements in advance.

We do require a letter from your university stating that you are a genuine medical student at that institution and which year you are expected to graduate, as well as your CV and a letter of motivation (an example of which can be emailed when enquiries are made).

We can also provide a confirmation letter which will have all the information required for your University application (name of supervisor, hospital details, address of Adventure Alternative Nepal, etc).

We also strongly recommend that you examine the ethics of your trip by reading our article titled Ethics of a Medical Elective, and also Resources and Reading.

We really cannot stress enough the need to read widely about the nature of electives, the pros and cons and the wider picture regarding development and how we attempt to uphold the principles of the MDGs and the NGO Code of Conduct.

Pasang and Sarasoti in the homestay will help you with this, since you will be living in their home, but it is good to do some research before leaving home.

It would be wonderful if you spent some time there and raised some funds for the salaries of the nurses and maybe some medical items and pharmaceuticals.

It might be relevant for your elective but there is no supervision from a Doctor.

A lot of the work we do there is primary healthcare, monitoring, teaching and handling local medical situations.

Sarawak General Hospital Elective Plus Long Term

We deal with a lot of ante and post natal scenarios plus long term illnesses that more or less need palliative care.

You can either fly to somewhere like Lukla and walk south (rather than north on the Everest trail), or you can take a bus or jeep to the administrative town of Saleri (where there is a district hospital) and then trek up the trails to Bumburi itself.