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clinic at Everest base camp |
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The Himalayan
Rescue Association (HRA) has set up medical clinics at Manang, Pheriche
(Everest Region) and Everest base camp. The clinics in Manang Goan
and Pheriche have been in operation since March 01, 2004 with the Everest
base camp starting opening from April 01, 2004.
The
Manang Clinic is managed by Dr. Alexandra Halina Dunin Bell and Dr. Michael
Kai Chin while the Pheriche Clinic is manned by Dr. Suzanne Christinne
Boyle. The two clinics will be open until the 20th of May 2004.
The
Everest base camp Medical Clinic set up at the height 5,340 meters will
be looked after by Dr. Lauanne Freer and Dr. Denise Meritt and assisted
by the HRA staff. The Everest clinic will be open till the end of May,
2004, coinciding with the closure of expeditions and trekking in the area.
The managers of the clinics are experienced and qualified persons in mountaineering
and high altitude emergencies, the NTB release added.
The
Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) is a voluntary non-profit organisation
formed in 1973 with an objective to reduce casualties in the Nepal Himalayas,
especially keeping in view the increasing number of Nepalese and foreigners
who trek up into the remote wilderness.
Everest
Base Camp Clinic
The
Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal, a non profit organisation which operates
medical clinics at Pheriche and Manang is considering a proposal to set
up a trial medical clinic at Everest Base Camp spring 2003, staffed by
physicians with previous high altitude experience. We plan to set up camp
on or around April 1 and remain at EBC until the end of spring climbing
season. The experienced medical staff will treat all climbers and staff
at EBC for a fee (similar to the operations at Manang and Pheriche) and
will treat trekkers visiting base camp as well. If the clinic is successful,
it will allow climbers and trekkers to pursue their missions and leave
their health care needs to the professionals. Of course, our mission to
provide low cost medical care the native Nepali will carry on at the EBC
clinic as well.
The
HRA staff will be based at EBC and will not climb with any team, even in
the event of emergency. Any medical emergencies occurring at advanced camps
will be expected to be dealt with by the individual team in the usual manner.
In addition, the HRA clinic will NOT supply teams with medications for
their summit attempts. We will, of course, provide any assistance we can
from our base in case of emergency.
If
the spring trial of the HRA EBC clinic is successful, the clinic will be
a permanent entity at Everest. If there is sufficient demand, services
may be expanded to fall climbing season as well.
April
2004 |
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March
2004
| Charikot:
Insurgency reins in horse-rearing business |
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Charikot:
Insurgency affects in horse-rearing business
Sherpas
around Charikot, whose key source of income has traditionally been horse-keeping,
are a troubled lot today as their business has been hit hard by escalating
insurgency around the area. Residents of Lumang and Lepchi villages are
at a great loss since their business is not doing well. It is the insurgency
that is pulling down their horse-keeping business, feel local farmers.
More than 18 families in the two villages have been compelled to quit their
traditional horse-keeping business. Local farmers in Lumnag and Lepchi
used to sell horses to horse riders in Ramechhap, Sindhuli, Solukhumbu,
Okhaldhunga, Sindhupalchowk, Kavrepalanchowk as well as Dolakha districts
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February
2004
| Pokhara:
Phewa Lake |
Kathmandu:
Beware of pickpockets |
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Pokhara:
Deal to conserve Phewa Lake
The
Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE) and Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) on Thursday signed an agreement to implement an environmental
awareness and capacity building project for Phewa Lake. The project aims
at creating awareness through local organisations and NGOs involved in
environmental protection, as it is necessary not to allow the size and
depth of the Lake to decrease more.
The
three-year long project, which will start in April, 2004, will not only
help raise awareness, but also increase capabilities in monitoring and
evaluation front, the agency further said. Phewa Lake is the main attraction
for the tourists visiting Pokhara.
Kathmandu:
Beware of pickpockets!
Professional
gangs of pickpockets are waiting for unwary and naïve people like
you who would be perfect victims for having your pockets cleaned out anywhere
and everywhere in the city. Pickpockets are active and operate in many
crowded junctions of Kathmandu such as Maharajgunj, New Bus Park, Kalanki
and Balaju.
These
are major areas where one has to remain alert with the cash in his pockets
or any precious articles on his person. Even temples and fairs are great
hunting grounds for these lurking thieves. They are also highly active
in areas where crowds concentrate while arriving in the city and leaving
it.
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January
2004
| Kumari
resumes audience to tourists |
Pokhara:
International Mountain Museum |
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Kumari
resumes audience to tourists
Kumari,
the Virgin Living Goddess who is worshipped by millions of Nepalis
has once again started giving darshan or audience to foreigners after an
11-month hiatus at her abode-Kumari Ghar, Basantapur. Foreign
tourists were restricted from seeing the Kumari following a dispute over
allowances to be given to the Living Goddess from the fees raised from
them.
| How
to visit Kumari? - Nepali visitors and Foreigners |
Nepali
visitors ...
go
to the top floor of the Ghar to worship the Kumari. But foreigners are
allowed only in the courtyard where they can have a glimpse of the Kumari
as she looks out of her window. |
Foreigners...
can
have a glimpse of the Kumari from 8 to 12
in the morning and from 4 to 7 in the evening everyday.
But
in the winter, it closes an hour early in the evening. |
As
per the new agreement, any offering of gifts or money is purely voluntary.
In the past, tourists were charged a certain amount. But taking
photographs of the Kumari is prohibited.
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Pokhara:
International Mountain Museum
The
International Mountain Museum is located at Ratopairo in the southern rampart
of Pokhara Valley at the distance of two kilometres from the airport. The
ranges of Mt. Dhaulagiri and Mt. Annapurna can be viewed from the museum
premises that are spread over an area of approximately 560,000 sq ft. Apart
from the main building, a restaurant and smaller buildings are built in
rural hilly style in the premises. The Nepal Mountaineering Association
(NMA) has taken the total responsibility of the mountain museum.
The
museum has included exclusive collections of the items relating to the
different aspects of the lifestyles of ethnic communities. The museum has
also a rich collection of rocks from the high altitudes of the Himalayan
ranges.
More
information: International Mountain
Museum
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