Gifts from afar!!

Running a hospital, however well you are supported, is an expensive business. So when gifts arrive there is always a sense of God looking after the hospital. Just before Christmas, 2 big boxes arrived full of bandages, which doesn’t sound so exciting, but is such a useful gift to receive. They will be very welcome…

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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…

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Growing 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,…

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Nepal – 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…

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