Meet adorable three-year-old Permish Gurung and his mother, who live in an outlying village in Nepal. Our Kathmandu Healthcare Worker, Pinkey Malla, tells us his story in her own charming way:
"This week I was so busy with 3 years child came from Gorkha. While he is playing suddenly he fell down and his hand broke. His father is out of Nepal for work. His mother carry him and brought child by 6 hours walking at small city hospital from village. In that she is very nervous.That city hospital couldn't treat that child and child came to Kathmandu with her mother by whole day bus journey. It is an emergency case. Our volunteer from Gorkha Mr. Ramprasad called me and told me about her so me and Binod went to meet Mother and child and took them at hospital. Doctor did some test and they told that he need operation. Hospital is very pack so his turn for operation is today so we all waited at hospital but Doctor again told that in blood child 'Eosinophil " is high. Normally in blood ' Eosinophil ' is 6% to 8 % but Child has 16 % so in this case if we do operation then there is probability of death also. Mother is so crying."
Imagine this tired and worried mother's long journey into the noisy, chaotic big city, carrying a small child with a painful broken hand! How comforting to see Pinkey's kind smile and helping hands waiting at the hospital! Family and friends play an important role in a hospital setting in Nepal because the hospital does not provide food or clean clothing for patients and they are dependent upon others to provide them.
We are happy to report that Permish was given some medicine for the blood disorder and was able to have a successful surgery on his hand! He is healing nicely and is back at his play!!
Michelle Mahlik
Philosophy Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
BOD, HealthEd Connect (www.healthedconnect.org)
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