Meanwhile, to boost the healthcare for survivors who have been unreachable since the April 25 calamity, the World Health Organization on Monday announced the establishment of a new field office in Gorkha, one of the worst-affected
With more than 200 foreign medical teams working in quake-hit regions of Nepal, the country's ministry of health and population said that they need specialists such as psychiatrists, physiotherapists and counsellors for the rehabilitation of victims.
Meanwhile, to boost the healthcare for survivors who have been unreachable since the April 25 calamity, the World Health Organization on Monday announced the establishment of a new field office in Gorkha, one of the worst-affected districts.
According to experts, it is not necessary that after treating the injured, the job of a doctor is over. There are a lot of people who are passing their days in fear and depression; some have developed a phobia and can't come out of their home for routine activities; others have lost their entire families. These traumatised people need expert counselling to get back to normalcy.
Dr Guna Raj Lohani, chief, curative service division, health ministry, told dna, "More than 1,000 surgeries were performed in the last eight days. We are trying to reach remote and peripheral areas. We have deployed some teams, as others wait to get deployment. But now, we urgently need specialists for rehabilitation, including physiotherapists who can help with bone fractures. We also need psychiatrists and counsellors to treat patients reeling under depression and phobia."
The field office, which will start operating on Monday, will be established in strategic coordination with the Nepalese government and other humanitarian partners, who are also establishing operational bases there. From these bases, the WHO and national authorities will be able to coordinate land and air support to rush medicines, healthcare professionals and other life-saving resources to the farthest-flung and mountainous regions devastated by the quake, and are in urgent need of aid, but are difficult to access.
Gorkha is a four-hour drive north-west of Kathmandu, and has been selected as the first major health hub outside the capital. It provides a good base whence to access other severely impacted interior regions.
"Dr Ashok Gupta, who is leading a 13-doctor team in Nepal, says they need at least three more doctors - gynaecologist, paediatrician and physician. This trio will fly to Kathmandu within two days," said Dr Chetan Patel, head of Disaster management Cell, Indian Medical Association.
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