Nepal Photo Gallery by Ron Geur at pbase.com

Nepal

WARNING! A few of the following images are rather clinical (graphic) in nature and may be offensive to some. Many of the pictures are accompanied by a more detailed explanation that can be accessed when the image is viewed individually. The primary target audience for this gallery is medical personnel, particularly medical students and orthopedic surgery residents, who are contemplating volunteering at Scheer Memorial Hospital or the Children's Hospital (HRDC) in Banepa, Nepal. "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." Albert Schweitzer

Flying into Kathmandu	Excess baggage	HRDC	Road into Banepa
Welcome to Banepa	Downtown Banepa	Banepa meat market	Scheer Memorial Hospital
Original Sturges clinic	Scheers	Cookpot burn	Bent rod
Improvisation	Hospital canteen	Rooftop ride	Bus crash
Homemade splint	Nepali ambulance	Morning rounds	Postop visit
External fixation at HRDC	Fracture reduction	Ilizarov girls from HRDC	Two-brick traction
Ilizarov baby	Charting	Scott examining baby	Courtyard exam
Femoral reaming by hand...no power tools!	Cutting nail	Portable x-ray	X-ray's developed by hand
Snakebite	Tiger attack	X-ray file room	Xray out of order
Sundar Jim	Satisfied customer?	$Tibia fracture$ Tibia fracture	Fracture factory
Parts bin	Thoracentesis	Skingraft	Holy men with holy boys
Annapurna trekking	Volunteers	Hospital harvest	Banepa temple mural
Namobuddha	Mt. Everest's over there	Clubfoot release	OR techs

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Rupesh Vaidya		30-Aug-2007 20:00
Very nice pics! have been working at SMH as orthopaedic surgeon for nearly 2 years. Thankfully the conditions are much better now.

Judy Koehler		28-Oct-2005 02:54
I spent a month at Sheer during residency. Your pix brought back great memories!

Rosny		22-Jun-2005 01:00
Thank you very much for the service in Nepal. God bless you all!

j herr		23-Nov-2004 17:32
I worked at a mission hospital for 15 months in Nepal. Photos brought back many memories

bochie		13-Oct-2004 04:56
I tip my hat off for your kindness. Keep up the good work.

Himal KC		22-Oct-2003 01:25
This is our fate. Any doctors don't want to go outside the vally........

Rosna		07-Mar-2003 00:55
Thank you for your service to Nepal. God Bless You. great pics. Thank you again for helping others.

Ganon		05-Mar-2003 23:22
"Selfishness leads to sorrow Service leads to satisfaction" Thankyou for your service to Nepal and HRDC specifically. you have my utmost respect. May God bless you. Ganon.

kiran		08-Nov-2002 04:36
I really enjoyed the pictures. I am a hand surgery fellow at University of Utah. I have worked at HRDC for about a year and it is a wonderful place to work. But many other pictures were unkown to me. Thank you very much.

Chandrakala		21-Oct-2002 14:07
Ron, I am from Nepal and I work at Dartmouth Hitckcocl Medical Center, a teaching hospital in NH as an RN. I would like to share your pictures with the staff in the hospital. The pictures are so unique and inspiring. Please let me know. Chandra

Pikniss B		17-Jul-2002 14:38
congratulations Doctors and soon to be a doctors as well as volunteers, my daughter wants to be like you folks. Keep up the good work.

Shane Ham		06-Jul-2002 15:52
great pic's. Let me know the next time you go I think I have a bunch of products from our warehouse that you could take. Shane

Clayton Esterson		26-Jun-2002 05:40
Nice pictures and thanks for helping others

Bev		24-Jun-2002 03:43
Another great job.

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