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Julay! and welcome to 2005 Ladakh Heart Foundation (LHF) newsletter. Things have really taken off this year with the construction of the hospital well under way, visitors from Julay Ladakh (Japan), various village clinics and 5 heart operations carried out in S.N.M. Hospitals, Leh by the Doctors from AIIMS (New Delhi). The Healthy Heart Programme was launched in early June05 and also Japanese sponsors funded 2 operations for a 6-month-old Tibetan girl and an 18-year-old Ladakhi girl, earlier this year in Delhi, which were both successful.
Dr. Norboo continues to run his popular lectures on topical subjects (such as hypertension, heart attack, diet, etc.) to the local communities and schools.
This year’s village clinics have been conducted in the areas of Thatsang Kuru, Sumdo and Nang and have all been a great success. Many other clinics were also carried out in 2004. A list of these clinics can be found at the end of this newsletter.
Also, more clinics are planned before the end of summer in the Chomda Sacta villages. These will be large scale clinics run over a 3 day period, examining up to possibly 500 local residents.
Lions club, LIP and LHF Leh camp......................
Tundup Paljor, was diagnosed with PDA at the SOS school clinic in Sumdo, Chantung. He was brought to Leh within weeks of the clinic for heart surgery.
Rheumatic heart disease 143 total, congenital heart disease 93 total Due to health education numbers of rheumatic heart disease have been reduced. Exit programme, government taken over distribution of Benzathine penicillin, syringes and distilled water for primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever and secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic heart disease. We are extremely pleased by the outcome of this project and the acceptance of the programme by the government.
