Nubra Field trip September 2011

On dated 12th 09 2011 the the Rewa Team namely 2 German volunteers Elizabeth and Sandra - both occupational therapist - and the field officer and Physio Aid namely Thinles Norbu went to Nubra for the field trip.

In total they had 8 patients which they had to treat during that field trip, the patients were from different villages of Nubra Block of Leh Ladakh namely the patients were:

- Diskit Angmo (from Diskit village of Nubra Block), who is suffering from Mild Hemiplegia (paralysis) Right side, the prognosis/improvement is mild since last year.
- Tsering Dorjay (Chamshen village of Nubra Block), again suffering from mild hemiplegia and the prognosis of the patient is good.
-Tsering Dorjay (Sumur village from Nubra block), suffering from incomplete spinal cord paraplegia), for his urine problem they gave him urine catheter and urine bag for 7 months and he has gain muscle strength much more as compare to past.
- Ali Brothers - the two patients from Bokdang of Nubra Block, both of them are suffering from congenital (inborn) disease, the team told the parents to come to Leh with the children and they promise to pay all the transport and accommodations charges so the team can get them to the hospital for thourough medical check up for secondary complications and to get the two children a government pension which wont be much approximately Rs 300-500 a month each.

Like wise the other two patients from Nubra block was treated.

Report by Thinless Norbu, fieldofficer