Chance for Nepal

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CHANCE for Nepal
Thank you BVS (Burns Violence Survivors) for sharing your report for April.

I share 6 cases of the 9 patients supported in the burns unit during April. The report from BVS makes tragic reading as so many accidents are easily preventable. In total, 16 food baskets, 12 goody bags, 59 physiotherapy sessions and 60 counselling sessions, (all funded through CHANCE) were provided to the children and their parents.
All names have been changed and permission to share was granted by the parents.

Sumitra is aged two and a half and lives with her parents and 4 siblings in the district of Okhaldhung. Her father works as a farmer and her mother is a housewife.
Sumitra was with her mother in the kitchen, other family members were elsewhere around the house, her mother had heated some hot ghee, (clarified butter) and placed it near the open fire whilst she busied herself with other chores. Meanwhile, Sumitra slipped and fell into the hot vessel, getting badly burned. Her mother panicked, calling out for help and she quickly poured cool water on the injured area. The family then took her to her to a local health post first aid. The following day, because her wounds looked severe they decided to take her to the burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital 110 kms away.
She suffered 10% 2nd degree burns to her bottom, thighs and arm. She is currently undergoing treatment.

Padam is aged 12 and lives with his parents and 1 sibling in Kathmandu. He suffered severe burns when alone at home tried to cook himself something to eat on the gas stove, unaware it had a gas leak. He used a lighter and suddenly his clothes caught alight. His parents were working in their shop nearby.
Hearing the boy's cries for help, a tenant living in the same house quickly rushed to the scene and poured cold water over the burns and called Padam’s parents, who rushed home immediately and took Padam to HAMS Hospital by taxi for emergency attention where he received dressings and ointment. However, since the hospital lacked burn facilities they referred him to the Kanti Children’s Hospital for specialized burn treatment. He has now been discharged and is recovering at home.

Parsad is 12 months old and lives with his parents in the district of Kavrepalanachok. His mother is a housewife and father a furniture maker
Parsad’s mother had gone to work in the field, and his father was in Kathmandu on business. Parsad was at home with his grandmother and his 11-year-old brother.
After cooking noodle soup for his brother, his grandmother served his brother and put the bowl of noodle soup on the floor. Meanwhile, Parsad was playing around the area when he accidentally dipped his hand into the hot soup and got severely burned. His grandmother quickly called for her daughter and she applied tomatoes and aloe-vera to the wound. She then took Parsad to a nearby local pharmacy, where he received first aid treatment. The pharmacist advised he go to Kanti Children’s Hospital for further treatment. He traveled 80kms to the burns unit at the Kanti and is undergoing treatment.

Dinesh is 9 months old and lives with his mother and brother in Kathmandu. His father works in Malta to help his family financially.
Dinesh was playing at home and his mother left the room to go to the bathroom, Dinesh crawled to a pan of hot water which had been put on the floor to cool for drinking water later. Hearing Dinesh scream she rushed in and quickly removed his clothing and pored cold water over the wound, applied aloe-vera and rushed him to the Kanti Children’s Hospital. He suffered 6% burns to his hand and tummy.

Anju is aged 12 lives with her brother and parents in Bagmati in the district of Sindhupalchok.
Neighbors had set light to a pile of dry grass in an open area and left it unattended unaware of the danger. While Anju was playing with friends outside, she unknowingly stepped onto the burned area, which was still extremely hot, and suffered 4%,2nd degree burns to both feet. severe burns on both feet.
A neighbor hearing her cry out alerted her father who was collecting wood in the forest and he rushed back and took her to the nearest health post. However, due to the severity of the burns, they were referred to Kanti Children’s Hospital the following day for specialised treatment.
She has a leg deformity for which she has been undergoing treatment for the past 5 years in a rehabilitation hospital for disabled children. Doctors have advised although her legs may not be fully functioning she will be able to walk normally with time and therapy.
The family is from a very low economic background as her father is the sole provider and managing her ongoing leg treatment which had already placed a heavy financial burden on the family. After 12 days she was discharged home to her village.

CHANCE funds physiotherapy, counselling for patients and their families, a nutritious weekly food basket and soft toys for all children on the burns unit. We also provide a £1,000 emergency fund to help parents and their children on especially low income return home to their village, or to provide medicines to take home and food for the parent staying with their child.
Should anyone like to support the wonderful work of the BVS team through CHANCE, please email: info@chancefornepal.org for further information or you can donate on our website. 🙏 ... See MoreSee Less

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