DaHanu field trip report

in May 2010 from Thinley Othzer

On date 22/05/2010 we, Norbulay, Armin, Sandra, Lora and me started the DaHanu trip at 7:30am from changspa.11:10 am we reached at Khaltsay then we went to the sub. Division of Engineering office to get a permit ion to stay in Beema dak bangalow and we got it.
After that we move to Hanu and we arrived a nice place with a stone wall where we cooked a lunch consisting of rice and vegetable and we rested for half an hour.
After that we drove to Sanjak village for treatment with our one patient his name is Z. H. He is 16year old, he has problem with hemiplegia since birth. After we finished treatment we went to Beema to stay that night, but that evening we didn't got a room in dak bangalow because Govt. staff had come for picnic and all the rooms were packed, then we decided to move Dha to stay the night in a guesthouse and we cooked dinner ourself in that guesthouse.
Due to the heavy rainfall and stone slides we have to suffer on that evening as we had to walk for 45 minutes to get our things from the car as their was no road to drive.
And the next day morning at 9am we moved to Hanu, but unfortunately the road was blocked due to the rainfall and some more land slide at Hanau road, so then we decided to walk Hanuthang to Hanugongma.
And we parked our car at Hanuthang and started walk to Hanugongma.
We reached there around 11:30pm to Hanuyokma, we got a taxi from there to Hanugongma and finally we reached our patient with the name N. He is 5 year old and his parents were telling us that now he can walk much better than before.
While we were treating him, he was with his family in a medical center as there was water all over.
After finishing treatment we came back to Hanauyokma with the taxi.
Then we walk Hanuyokma back to Hanuthang, where we saw our car. It was 3pm and we where we finished with DaHanu and decided to move to Temisgam. On the way at Khaltsay we had our lunch at 6pm in a restaurant rice and dal, after half an hour we moved to Temisgam and reached at 7:15pm.
Normally we used to stay in a Namra hotel with the good price. But when we ask for a room they don't want to give us room because of heavy prices. So we had to look for another Guesthouse which was much cheaper than the Namra hotel, we spent our night there and they served dinner and breakfast for us, as it was included with the room rent. On the third day we did our home visit in a Tia village, where I saw three more patients with different diagnosis: Y. with lot's of spasticity, U. with problems with his foot and J. with lots of deformities. Some how I really enjoyed the trip and hope that I will learn more and more about the treatment of the disabled children.
The same day we reached back to Leh at 6pm.

Thanks to REWA for giving me chance to join this wonderful trip I ever had in my life.

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Report by Thinley Othzer, Physio-Aid, local employee by Ladakh-Hilfe

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