MEDICAL / HEALTH INTERNSHIP IN NEPAL/ MEDICAL ELECTIVES IN NEPAL
Volunteer Society Nepal aims to mobilize medical students and volunteers with health backgrounds in rural places where people do not have access to any health institutes, as the government is not able to provide adequate health services. On the other hand, rural Nepali people are often reluctant to go to the hospital and other modern health services because of orthodox thinking, superstition and other cultural influences. Some of the Nepali people may visit a witchdoctor when they are suffering from an illness. Therefore, it is possible that they die without getting the benefit of modern medication. VSN is playing an active role in linking people in rural areas with volunteers from the west and health volunteers within the country who are really eager to serve the many unprivileged people in Nepal.
Volunteers will mainly be involved in following three activities:-
(1) Working in the Health Post/ Clinic/ Hospital in Nepal Medical/ Premedical students will be assigned to clinics, sub-health posts, hospitals and other health institutions. These are either run by the government or a local community in both rural and urban settings. Health students will work with health assistants, doctors, nurses or some combination within. Your daily work will include helping to perform the health staffs’ job. It will also involve researches of common diseases and health issues. Students will get the opportunity to learn about the basic medication system in Nepal. The work will be daily, 3 to 5 hours, 6 days a week.
The Health institutions provide health services to the poor and marginalized people in the community and volunteers will observe and practice following activities:
• Health Post Based Activities
1. General daily clinic
2. MCH
• Family planning (Temporary devices)
• Immunization
• Ante-natal and post –natal clinics
• Health education
• Health post based normal deliveries
• Immunization
3. Pharmacy
4. Simple surgeries
5. Community oral health Clinic
6. Nutritional Rehabilitation center
7. Health Post based nutrition follow up
8. TB Clinic
1. Maternal and Child Health Care
• Immunization
• Under 5 health screening
• Antenatal care
• Postnatal care
• Normal home and health post based delivery
• Identification and referral of high risk pregnancy
2. Family Planning Services
• DMPA
• COC Pills
• Norplant
• Condom distribution
3. General OPD Services
• General clinic
• Pharmacy
• Dressing and injection
• Minor surgery
4. TB dots clinic
• Identification
• Counseling
• Treatment
• Follow up
(2) Health Camps in Nepal
Part of volunteer’s program will be deployment to work in health camps for a predetermined amount of time: 1 day to 3 days. (Volunteers will work with their Nepali experience medical personnel. The students’ responsibilities are to distribute medicine and consult with citizens about health-care.
Through this Health camp, poor and marginalized people in the community will be provided general health services and students will observe and practice following activities:
Community Health Camp
• Examining patients
• Providing general medicines
• Identification and referral if needed
• Immunization
• Education on oral hygiene
• DMPA, COC Pills, Condom distribution
• Heath post based follow up
(3) Health and Sanitation Awareness
Volunteers will be mainly involved in teaching about proper health-care and sanitation and will work with youth clubs, women groups and other local organizations. In addition, they will provide HIV/Aids awareness, First-Aid information to the local people in rural villages and thereby providing them with a practical life-skill. Similar educational lectures will be given to children, by Groups, in government schools, lasting from several days to a week in duration. Again, the Groups’ major focus will be to educate and mobilize community groups who can then pass the information onto the community at large.
Following activities will be organized
Community and School Based health program Activities
• HIV/Aids awareness
• Community health education activities
• School health education activities
• Anti smoking program
• Oral health education
• Reproduction health and sexual education
• First aid training and FA box distribution
Others
Apart from, learning and experiencing health related issue, students will get a maximum benefit:-
• Developing work experience in a marginal society and third world country
• Developing their personal and life skills
• Developing a deep understanding of the Nepali people, their language, and their various cultures
• Making a contribution to the ongoing development process of Nepal
• Enjoying such opportunities as taking part in local festivals, weddings, farming, and visiting different areas in local villagers
Visit at http://www.vsnepal.org
For details and reservation please contact at vsnnepal@ntc.net.np Application instructions:
To make reservation, please forward
+A brief resume
+A photo scanned small sized
+A cover letter mentioning the program of choice, duration of stay and arrival date
To
Mr. Sugandha Shrestha
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Volunteer Society Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mailing Address:-
Volunteer Society Nepal
P.O.Box : 8975 E.P.C. : 1589
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone No:
(+977)1-2040353
(+977) 9851009342
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