KATHMANDU, March 25: A specialized medical team has been deployed to the Himalayan region to provide health check-ups and treatment for climbers and trekkers arriving during the spring mountaineering season.
The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal (HRAN) has mobilized an 11-member team, including foreign and Nepali doctors, to major high-altitude areas such as Everest Base Camp and Pheriche in Solukhumbu district as well as Manang district.
The initiative aims to provide medical services and support to both domestic and international mountaineers and trekkers in high-altitude areas.
Established in 1973, the Association has been working to provide medical services to tourists undertaking mountain expeditions and trekking, particularly during the busy spring and autumn climbing seasons.
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With the onset of this year’s spring season, the Association has dispatched a team comprising five foreign and two Nepali doctors along with support staff.
In the Everest Base Camp, Australian doctor Samantha Allison Wills, Nepali doctor Prince Singh and support staff member Lakpa Norbu Sherpa have been deployed.
At the Pheriche health post, Australian doctor Rebecca Allen Carpenter, American doctor Caitlin Brooke Harper, Nepali doctor Aakriti Singh and support staff Ang Dawa Sherpa and Thaneshwar Bhandari have been assigned.
Likewise, at the Manang health post, American doctor Joseph Peter Mahoney, Australian doctor Ken J. Koh and support staff member Prakash Khatri have been mobilized, said the Association.
According to Association President, Damber Parajuli, temporary health posts have been set up at the Everest Base Camp, Pheriche and Manang village to offer immediate medical attention to trekkers and mountaineers.
The Association has been setting up a health camp at the Everest Base Camp since 2003 serving climbers, trekkers and support staff while similar services have been available in Pheriche since 1973.
The Association has been operating such camps in Manang since 1980 and in Gosaikunda since 1997, it was shared.
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