FCHVs in Kathmandu to get primary trauma care training

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: In a bid to prevent seriously injured people from dying or becoming disabled, District Public Health Office (DPHO), Kathmandu has decided to provide primary trauma care (PTC) training to female community health volunteers (FCHVs). The two day PTC training to the FCHVs would help cut back deaths and disabilities from incidents of serious nature, officials at the DPHO, hopes.

Kathmandu valley has the highest incidents of injuries, including those from road accidents."We have decided to provide PTC training to FCHVs," Achyut Lamichhane, chief of Kathmandu, DPHO said. He informed that over 100 FCHVs will get PTC training in the ongoing fiscal year.

According to Lamichhane, FCHVs will be trained to use local resources to prevent deaths and disabilities among injured people. The DPHO has already started providing PTC training to some FCHVs and has planned to impart training in three phases.

"We have already provided training to health workers and have started to train FCHVs," added Lamichhane. He informed that doctors at Ananda Ban Leprosy Hospital and Nepal Orthopedic Hospital, Jorpati have been providing training to the FCHVs. Doctors will also provide physiotherapy training to FCHVs.

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