Lalgadh Hospital News
Concert for Young Patients at Lalgadh
At the moment, there are ten children receiving inpatient care for their leprosy. Some of their stories are very sad. Friends of Graeme and Meena Clugston are arranging a concert this coming Sunday 17th June 2012, performed by the young people of the Church of Scotland in Geneva to raise funds to help support the…
Read MoreZero Mile – Finally a place of their own
The community called “Zero Mile” first came to our attention when several very poor villagers with leprosy came to Lalgadh Leprosy Services Centre for help back in the 1990s. When their situation was followed up, we found that there were about 25 people living in tiny hovels along a dusty track that led off from…
Read More40 Years of NLT!
2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the work of Nepal Leprosy Trust in Nepal. These 40 years have seen NLT’s work grow from a few leather goods and candles made by people affected by leprosy, to projects that have supported thousands of poor, disabled, and marginalized people. Many of these have received medical relief for…
Read MoreLazarus Bhattarai – A Sad Loss.
We are sorry to report the death of Lazarus Bhattarai who passed away in February 2012 at Manipal Hospital in Pokhara. Some of you may have met Lazarus when he visited the UK on more than one occasion during his time as the Chairman of NLT Nepal.
Read MoreA Week of Hand Surgery at Lalgadh – November 2011
Dr Donald Sammut and his colleague Dr Nola Lloyd have just completed a week of hand surgery at Lalgadh Leprosy Services Centre that has seen 27 people, many of them children, receive operations to correct deformities of the hand. Many of these people have been people affected by leprosy but some have been general problems…
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