Outreaches

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As a tertiary level hospital, Dhulikhel Hospital understands that the vast majority of the population in Nepal have no access to even the most basic medical assistance due to financial constraints, transportation problems, and natural disasters such as landslides, among other factors. With the help of various organisations from around the world, we have built our Outreach Centres with the aim to find a solution for the lack of access to healthcare in rural areas.

At our 12 Outreach Centres (2 more are under construction) we are currently providing round-the-clock healthcare services to the people living in the catchment area of the Outreaches. All of the Outreach Centres were started after thorough discussions and meetings addressing the community directly about their needs, aims, and goals concerning healthcare. This is important to Dhulikhel Hospital as our Outreaches are the foundations on which our principle of working with the community, and for the community has been built from.At our Outreaches we not only provide basic health services, but we also use them as a platform on which all our community programmes begin. We offer many preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to all the rural communities we work with. Using our centres as a plinth, various I/NGOs and organisations also provide services to the community at grassroots level.

How Dhulikhel Hospital works in the community

Dhulikhel Hospital ensures that all our paramedical staff at the Outreach Centres receive regular training and are on-call 24 hours a day in case of emergencies. We operate regular doctor visits from the hospital to enforce the message that the quality of the healthcare available to those who cannot travel should not be compromised, and also as another means of providing higher level specialised care. Last year alone we organised over 96 specialised camps with doctors from the following departments in the hospital:

Gynaecology
Orthopaedics
Physiotherapy
Surgery
Paediatrics
ENT
Ophthalmology
Dermatology
Dental

At Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University Hospital, Outreach placements are part of all medical and paramedical students’ studies, which encourages them to be actively involved in community healthcare. In the past, students have stayed at various Outreach Centres for a maximum of two weeks where they have been on-hand to cater to the needs of patients 24 hours a day. The strength of the hospital’s work in the community, as it grows day upon day, comes from all the members of staff who have reached out to the vast communities involved with our health centres. In turn, the communities themselves have welcomed Dhulikhel Hospital to work alongside them. Indeed, we are truly grateful to the community and of course our well-wishers and donors who have made each and every Outreach Centre the core of the hospital’s ideals.

Dhulikhel Hospital’s Outreaches:

District of Kavre:

Baluwa Health Centre

Bolde Health Centre

Dapcha Health Centre

Kattike Deurali Health Centre

Solambu Health Centre

Dhungkharka Health Centre

District of Sindhupalchowk:

Bahunepati Health Centre

Hindi Health Centre

Manekharka Health Centre

District of Dhading:

Dhading Health Centre

District of Lalitpur:

Godamchaur Health Centre

District of Solukhumbu:

Kharikhola Health Centre

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