Quiet eyes follow us intently as we make our way through the surgical wards of HRDC Hospital in Kavre-Banepa, about a 45-minute drive from Kathmandu, Nepal. The wards are lined on either side with children in their hospital beds, one or two parents sitting near their child’s bedside.
As I approached each child it was as if a switch had been turned on inside them, alighting a radiant smile. Each of them has had to endure major surgery. Many of them were in traction, back braces, leg splints and other post-surgical rehabilitation devices. Some of them were barely able to move, but their smile was ever-present. I was overwhelmed and overcome by my own emotions, my feelings for their plight and my hopes that the worst was over with brighter days to come.
We visited this hospital twice during our Nepal trip. Through Rotary, we have an X-ray machine on the way and a new grant application which will bring a two-bed ICU unit to the hospital. HRDC serves children from around Nepal as well as from other surrounding countries. They do spinal surgeries that are not done anywhere else in the country. Families pay what they are able for their children’s treatment and the hospital treats around 9,000 children per year (up to the age of 18).
The photographs tell their story…
Thank you for a wonderful half hour spent wandering through your photos and stories of your most recent trip to Nepal. I am, as always, inspired and humbled by the work you are doing, both personally and through Rotary International and TRIFIC. Your work and determination provides all of us with a fantastic example of what can be achieved little by little for our Nepalese friends. A bright light for us all to follow.
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