Nepalese Doctors Association (UK)

                                                                                                              CHARITIES SUPPORTED IN 2009

HOSPICE NEPAL (PALLIATIVE CARE CENTRE)

       The First Palliative Care Conference (click) was held on 19th of February 2009.The conference was organised by Hospice Nepal, in collaboration with NDA (UK). Chairman Dr P Gautam  handed over cash NRs 200000.00 £1,732.35) to Dr Gangol- the chairman of the Hospice Nepal (click) for sponsoring the conference.

JANAKPUR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTRE

Janakpur Mental Health Project is a 5-year charity project of the NDA (UK) Psychiatry chapter. Janakpur is one of the 14 administrative zones situated in the southeast Nepal and has a population of over one million people. There is a big general hospital in Jankpurdham, the zonal head quarter, as well as a teaching hospital nearby. These hospitals offer secondary care services in almost all common specialities except psychiatry. There is not even a private psychiatrist in the town. The NDA (UK) psychiatry section persuades SAF-Nepal and the Janki Medical College to join hands in establishing a Mental Health Care Centre to offer a monthly psychiatry clinic and a Day Centre. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on the occasion of a Mental Health Camp in September 2008. A visiting psychiatrist and a Mental Health Care In-charge were appointed at a NDA (UK) /SAF-Nepal organised mental health training workshop for doctors and health workers on 18 January 2009. The proposed mental health services are due to commence on 15 February 2009. The Psychiatry section of the NDA (UK) has offered to support the Janakpur Mental Health charity by offering at least £1000 per year for 5 years. Dr. Arun Jha has been raising the necessary fund through Hertfordshire Transcultural Psychiatry Forum.