health sector
In addition to the school sector, NHB has also been active in the health sector for many years. In addition to financing family planning programmes, holding health camps and purchasing ambulances, the 100-bed hospital in Navalparasi in the Terrai region of southern Nepal will be completed by 2025. NHB is providing a total of 1 million euros for this project. The construction is being carried out together with the Gandaki regional government, which is investing a further 1.2 million euros. For many years, support for the Siddhi Memorial Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Bhaktapur has been another important building block in this sector.
For some time now, however, the construction of health centres in the remote mountain regions of Sindhupalchok has become an important task for NHB. In the next few years, additional health posts will be established in these areas to provide the rural population with a minimum level of medical care and to spare the sick the long, arduous journey to the nearest doctor or hospital in this mountainous region. Simple illnesses, injuries or vaccinations can now be treated locally by trained paramedics.
medical facilities
Kubinde Health Post
The Kubinde health post in the Chautara district was opened in 2021 and offers the local population a vast improvement in basic medical care.
Kawasoti Red Cross blood bank
The Red Cross Society of Kawasoti has been supported by Nepalhilfe since 2017. Initially with an ambulance and since 2019 with the establishment of a blood bank for the local hospital, including a blood donation vehicle.
Christina´ s dispensery for poor people at the Bir Hospital, Kathmandu
For many years, the Beilngrieser Nepalhilfe has been supporting the poor pharmacy in the Bir Hospital in Kathmandu together with the DNHG Stuttgart, to enable the poorest to access the necessary medication.
Siddhi Memorial Hospital Bhaktapur
The Siddhi Memorial Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Bhaktapur has been financially supported by NHB since 1999. It is an important point of contact for pregnant women and mothers with sick children!
Madhyabindu District Hospital
Construction of the 100-bed hospital in the district of Navalpur, with a catchment area of over 400,000 inhabitants, has been ongoing with interruptions since 2019. With substantial financial support from the NHB, it is now scheduled to open in 2025.
Bushlung Healthpost, Sindhupalchok
Since the end of 2023, another health centre has been under construction in the village of Bushlung in the Chautara district of Sindhupalchok, which is scheduled to open in 2024. More than 1500 people will then have a medical centre close to them. The health centre will be handed over as planned in October 2024.