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Christmas Greeting from NLT
Christmas at Lalgadh
At 6.30 pm on Christmas eve every year the hospital holds a Carol Service which is greatly enjoyed by everyone. All the staff get involved, singing or playing instruments. Over 100 inpatients – children, adults, elderly – hospitalized at Lalgadh Hospital for treatment of severe leprosy complications – gather in the colourfully painted, decorated recreation…
Read MoreGrowing Mount Everest!
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit last year, Nepal and China had agreed to jointly announce the height of Everest. This has been of great interest to many people but especially climbers. It is widely acknowledged that Everest moved along a few inches in the earthquakes a few years ago but as to its height,…
Read MoreNepal – reopening its peaks and trails!!
Nepal has reopened its peaks and trails for foreign adventurers in hopes of providing much needed income for hundreds of thousands of guides, porters and workers who have been unemployed for months because of the pandemic So adventurers looking to scale Nepal’s Himalayan peaks and trek its mountain trails can finally do so for the…
Read More‘Hand Surgery’ Week
For the past few years Donald Sammut has gone to Lalgadh hospital with his medical crew for a few weeks and run a ‘hand surgery’ week. He operates on a number of patients whose hands have been affected by leprosy. Unfortunately, due to covid-19 he has not been able to go to Nepal this year. …
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