Beatrix Spring, Head of Marketing International Cooperation reported from Nepal by the challenges, turn to the Himalayas a movie about a mobile eye camp of the Red Cross.
The weather gods were far from gracious. Even when the clouds cleared a bit sometimes, a small aircraft landing on the short, slippery runway in Dunai would have been fatal.
Time was short, however: The Health Shelf ends in the municipalities of Dolpa in the eye camp had announced. blind and had eye patients, the day-long foot marches take upon themselves were long on the road. And the Red Cross team was waiting in the airport in Nepalgunj for better weather!
The solution was a helicopter. We decided on two flights with a helicopter, which transported the eleven people and the necessary medical supplies as well as the footage to Dolpa.
arrival in Dolpa
On the morning of 22 September we were flying through clouds, fog and sunshine to Dunai. A special experience immediately after the arrival of all the buildings together on the camp in the simple community hospital. Disinfection, sterilization and cleaning was the most important thing. The Red Cross team of our delegates Kamal Baral worked perfectly. All work sent to each other. The first patients studied even a suitable place to store them.
Dunai in the village because there was an incident for days without electricity. Good thing we had a strong generator process of the eye camp and our camera supplied. Shortly before sunset to
18:30 we moved into our abode. She was of course not nearly compare with our comfort in Switzerland, but we were all happy to have finally got to the core of our work. In particular, patients had to not be disappointed. The ophthalmologist and the team were there and were able to start the next day with the eyes of controls and operations.
The ophthalmologist Dr. Dhangel (left) and assistant Ram KC (r) with Beatrix Spring in Dolpa
Beatrix Spring, SRK
The SRC in Nepal
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