The hospital's surgeries and emergency treatment have improved with the addition of generators, equipment, and white blood cell production machines with the financial support of youth from Baglung living abroad.
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Of the 550 patients who come to Dhaulagiri Hospital for treatment every day, 6/7 are in a state of needing surgery. Treatment of snakebite and rabies patients has also started at the hospital.
The hospital has started collecting red blood and producing white blood regularly at the blood transfusion center here. The Red Cross, which was struggling with electricity problems in producing white blood, has become effective after donors provided generators and equipment.
After the youth living abroad who are from Baglung donated nearly 10 million rupees in a year, the society has provided generators, beds required for blood transfusion, a machine to convert red blood into white blood, and other materials and equipment, said Jagannath Acharya, president of the society.
This support has been provided to increase the capacity of blood transfusion as the hospital's capacity has increased. In the support campaign started by the Red Cross, the Baglung Society of America has invested 1.45 million rupees and has also provided blood donation beds for the generator and the camp.
The general secretary of the society, Khibaraj Sharma, came to the hospital and handed over the materials. ‘This cooperation is just a sample, we are preparing for more cooperation to increase the capacity of hospital management and blood circulation,’ Sharma said, ‘We will increase cooperation in the safety of human life.’ He said that he plans to cooperate in his area even if he lives abroad.
Earlier, the Baglung society has purchased a component processor machine center to make white blood by collecting 1.3 million rupees from Japan and put it into operation. Four years ago, the Gandaki Province government provided equipment and machines worth 5 million rupees, but there was no blood production.
After adding some additional equipment including a deep freezer, white blood (FFP and PRP) has been regularly produced here. Earlier, the production of ‘platelet plasma’ and ‘fresh frozen plasma’ had started at a cost of 7 million rupees. A generator has been added to keep the temperature and electricity regular. Gurudatta Sharma, head of the blood transfusion center, said that after this investment, it has been possible to support the regular treatment of snakebite patients coming to Dhaulagiri Hospital. Dhaulagiri Hospital alone receives more than 50 snakebite patients every year.
White blood has also helped rabies and dengue patients. After the support, health workers working at all local levels in the district have also been trained on snakebite and rabies treatment. The hospital's medical superintendent, Dr. Kiran Tiwari, said that once skilled health workers are ready, they will also help in treatment. As the summer heat increases, the number of snakebite patients has increased in the hilly areas. There is also an equal incidence of dog bites in urban areas. Health workers have been prepared to solve both these problems.
13 health workers from Baglung and 8 from Rukum East have been trained and can provide treatment. Dr. Shukraraj Tropical Hospital's rabies specialist Milan Bajracharya trained the health workers on rabies and another surgeon, Dr. Shankarraj Lamichhane, trained them on snakebite and sent them to the respective municipalities for treatment. The health workers were trained with support from the Address Project run by the Fairmade Foundation and the Nepal Gaza Development Foundation.
