Nepal: Kanti Childrens Hospital
Doctor Added to RMF Medical Team: Q4 2018
April 15, 2019
Ganesh Shrestha and Pragya Gautam
Summary of Activities
Shortly after the April 2015 earthquake, Real Medicine Foundation (RMF) started its support of Kanti Children’s Hospital by donating more than $400,000 worth of medicines, medical supplies, and laboratory supplies. In March 2017, RMF also began supporting human resources at Kanti Children’s Hospital and is now providing the hospital with medical officers who serve in the Surgical ICU and Neonatal ICU, as well as registered nurses who serve in the triage area and Medical ward.
October–December 2018
- Dr. Sanish Manandhar joined our team as an RMF Medical Officer at Kanti Children’s Hospital.
- Medical staff members supported by RMF Nepal have continued to serve at Kanti Children’s Hospital.
- RMF continues to support a blood bank, lodging, food, transportation, medicines, laboratory services, and other necessities for needy patients and their families.

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Sanish Manandhar
New Medical Officer
Dr. Sanish Manandhar is from the historic town of Sankhu in Kathmandu. He completed his MBBS at Kathmandu University, Nepal Medical College in 2017. While in medical school, Dr. Sanish gained a wide range of experience at different medical institutions. He participated in health camps in Sindhupalchok after the 2015 earthquake, as well as many other health camps.
Dr. Sanish now works as an RMF Medical Officer in the surgical department of Kanti Children’s Hospital. His main responsibility is providing surgical treatment for the patients, but he also reports to RMF Nepal regarding patients’ diagnoses and treatment.

Medical Ward
620 Patients Treated
From October to December 2018, a total of 620 patients were admitted to and treated in the Medical ward. Children under 1 year of age had the highest admission rates, followed by children 6–12 years of age. The most common conditions treated in the Medical ward were cardiovascular, followed by respiratory diseases.
399 patients out of 620 were male, which shows that the male admission rate was approximately 1.5 times that of female admissions. This could indicate that parents are more likely to engage in health seeking behavior for boys, or it could imply that boys face greater vulnerability to diseases.

Triage
480 Patients Assessed
RMF nurses use a triage system while serving in the Emergency Unit of Kanti Children’s Hospital. Through this system, they classify and provide tags to the patients: code red requires immediate medical action for survival, code yellow indicates a serious but not life-threatening condition, code green indicates a less severe condition that can wait, and code black means dead on arrival.
RMF nurses triaged a total of 480 patients, with 182 code reds and 298 code yellows.

Background
& Objectives
Background
Kanti Children’s Hospital is the only government referral level Children’s Hospital of Nepal. The hospital was established in 1963 as a general hospital with 50 beds, which today have a capacity of 320 beds. The hospital treats children up to the age of 14 from all over the country, a total target population of 13-14 million children. Following the earthquake, where parts of hospital building were damaged, there is in general a need for equipment and capacity building for better health service delivery.
Objectives
- Provide necessary medical supplies, blood, and nutritional support for patients. Also providing access and transportation to testing and procedures
- Give instruction of patients needs, education, amenities during hospital stay, and financial support to family of the patient
- Management to various hospital programs such as a blood drive program, a free-of-cost kitchen for patients and families, playroom and library for patients and siblings, and clothes bank for needy patients and family

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Numbers
Served
Patients Served This Quarter
Department Totals
Pediatric Intensive Care-194
Surgical Intensive Care-103
Emergency Unit Triage-480
Medical Ward-620


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