ABOUT LHF
GALLERYIES
Ground floor plastering is finished
Roof is half completed
Electric wire ducting has been installed in the ground floor
Guest house is finished
Trees are becoming established turning the desert landscape to greenery
Government have agreed to tarmac the hospital drive (due to be completed by the end of summer 2005)
Lend building stuff
Cardish from Indus Hotel for loan of roof supports
Sharma from Leh for supports
Tibetan community for their voluntary help in laying the foundations
Free lunch from Saboo village womens volunteers for all workers, they will repeat
Thundup and Sarma helping with the electrical fittings
Wangyal Tsering phunchok spituk engineering /design
As the Dalai Lama is the patron on the LHF, a request will be made to him, asking if he will open the hospital next year if he visits Ladakh. All friends, sponsors and connected parties of the LHF will receive further information and personal invites on confirmation.
Here is the list of the PDA and MS patients operated on by Professor Sampath Kumar at SNM Hospital Leh in July 2005-08-13
| No | Name | Age | Sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tashi Angmo | 31 | f |
| 2 | Tashi Lamo | 38 | f |
| 3 | Skitzom | 58 | f |
| 4 | Tundup Paljor | 5 | m |
| 5 | Stanzin Chorol | 20 | f |
This summer saw the start of the Healthy Heart Programme, (with photos) designed to bring awareness to the importance of looking after your heart. The repeating 4-week programme involved local people attending 2 yoga classes per week that included asana (postures), Pranayama (breath control) and relaxation techniques. An educational talk was also given at each class on various aspects of healthy living (diet and healthy eating, relaxation, cessation of smoking etc.) In 2004 – 2005 we had a great number of volunteers, both locally and from as far a field as Australia and Japan. Here’s what some of them had to say about LHF “We arrived in Ladakh at the beginning of June to come and volunteer for the Ladakh Heart Foundation. Since we arrived we have been involved in lots of different & interesting projects from participating in village clinics/camps, to running yoga classes to designing health promotional presentations. The 3 months we’ve spent working here in Ladakh have been some of the most rewarding and enjoyable times we’ve ever had in India.......id highly recommend it!” Over the course of the next year we hope to be beginning to raise money for the equipping of the new hospital, especially for the previously stated registration requirements. The new hospital should one day include a fully functional operating theatre, and all necessary diagnostic equipment, such as an echocardiography machine, treadmill and X-ray. We will have more information next year. Last winter we made an application for government funding to pay for hospital equipment such as lab instruments, heart lung machine, sterilisers etc. We are currently applying for the registration of the hospital with the directorate of health services, Kashmir. Mention Dr Norboo new appointment Indian research application.
| Place | Date | Total Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ladakh Old Citizen | 25.07.04 | 180 |
| Ladakh Young Citizen | 28.08.04 | 204 |
| Upper Karzoo | 10.10.04 | 39 |
| Chuchot Gongma | 11.10.04 | 47 |
| Marchelang | 24.10.04 | 68 |
| Shenam | 31.10.04 | 36 |
| Lower Karzoo | 01.11.04 | 33 |
| Sumdo | 09.07.05 | 12 |
| Thatsang Kuru | 10.07.05 | 90 |
| Nang | 07.08.05 | 44 |
Rheumatic Heart Disease 144
Congenital Heart Disease 93
Acute Rheumatic Fever 9
Coronary Artery Disease 22
