So this is going to be my main home for the next few weeks. It's a large hospital in the centre of Kathmandu run by a non-government organisation and provides all the major hospital services (A&E, obs/gynae, general medicine, paediatrics, neonatology among others). But the team I'm with is the Plastics team. They operate mainly on cleft palate, post-burn contractures and other maxillo-facial patients. The same team operate out of another hospital 5km west of Kathmandu where the majority of burns work is carried out. They also provide monthly outreach camps to rural areas of Nepal, and this work is performed for free.
It's early days yet so I'm not sure when/where I'll be visiting each of these places, but for now I'm just soaking in the sights (think dust) and smells (think incense mixed with a hint of sewage) of Kathmandu.
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