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Ryan in Nepal
Contributed by Ryan Prins who did his elec琀椀ve at
Okahaldhunga Community Hospital
Elective Report
undertook my 5-week medical elec琀椀ve at Okhaldhunga
Community Hospital (OCH)
in Nepal. Okhaldhunga Community Hospital is one of two
Chris琀椀an mission hospitals (alongside Tansen Hospital) overseen by
United Mission to Nepal (UMN). I
went on this elec琀椀ve through Serving in Mission (SIM) UK. This was
a deeply moving experience which
provided me with an insigh琀昀ul
perspec琀椀ve on medical mission
and many fond memories to look
back on.
I
Before reaching OCH, I spent four
days exploring the vibrant and culturally rich city of Kathmandu. For
all its beauty, the capital of Nepal
is equally as chao琀椀c! I had a lot of
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fun here, and it was great to visit
some of the nearby sight-seeing
spots and to begin adjus琀椀ng to
life in Nepal. The 8-hour jeep ride
to OCH was exhaus琀椀ng. Recent
昀氀ooding and landslides have destroyed many of the direct roads,
resul琀椀ng in a very bumpy journey
with frequent diversions. Fortunately, I was able to share this ride
with the Medical Coordinator who
was also my elec琀椀ve supervisor,
and he was willing to share some
of his inspiring life experiences to
昀椀ll the 琀椀me! On arrival in Okhaldhunga, I was greeted warmly by the
Hospital Director, who showed me
to the Guest House (only a couple
of minutes’ walk from the hospital) where I was to stay for the
next 昀椀ve weeks. He invited me for
