NLT UK News
Vitality London 10000 Run – 31st May 2021
The Vitality London 10k run was to take place on Bank Holiday Monday 31st may 2021 in London, but we have just heard that it cannot go ahead. The organisers are looking for an alternative venue and date. NLT has entered runners in the Vitality Run twice so far and have six places to run…
Read MoreLatest newsletter from NLT
We hope you have had a good Easter time. We are all looking forward to a bit more freedom and I expect some of you will be taking a break this coming week. If you have an opportunity to catch up with news, here is the latest NLT newsletter for Spring 2021. NLT UK newsletter…
Read MoreBaby Clinic at Lalgadh Hospital
Every Thursday at Lalgadh Hospital, mothers and babies (and occasionally Father too) come for baby immunisation, antenatal, postnatal check-ups, and ultrasound appointments, They usually have over 30 mother and babies coming for routine BCG, Diptheria-Pertussis- Tetanus -(HepB, HaemophB if available) immunizations. There is a backlog of babies with delayed or without vaccinations, due to the…
Read MoreCentenary of the Penikese Leprosy Colony, Massachusetts 1905 – 1921 ‘the Tragic story of Massachusett’s ‘Leper Colony’
See the full story HERE in the ‘New Bedford Guide’ This is the story of the ‘Leprosy Colony’ set up in 1905 on the island of Penikese. On 15 November 1905 Leprosy Sufferers arrived on Penikese Island (7 miles from the Mainland), in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Dr. Frank Parker and his wife Marion (who had…
Read MoreWorld’s highest rubbish dump!
Mount Everest has long struggled with its status as the “world’s highest rubbish dump” – but now at least some of the huge amount of rubbish left behind by visitors each year will be put to good use. A new gallery is being opened in Nepal to display works of art made out of rubbish taken…
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