Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Agya Poudyal – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) Rural Achham, NEPAL: She was brought in an ambulance to one of the most rural hospitals in Nepal – the Bayalpata Hospital. Unconscious and badly bruised, she was a typical case of domestic violence. We accepted her into our hospital. But even before she had regained full consciousness [...]
Nima Kafle - WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GPI): Bhim Dutta NEPAL: Hariya Devi Bhatta, 72, wipes the tears from her eyes as she reflects on what another flood season has stolen from her. “Now there’s nothing left,” she says. “Everything is gone. The flood has wiped out our house and land.” Flooding occurs across the region throughout [...]
Kalpana Bhusal – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) KATHMANDU, NEPAL — The dialysis machine at Bir Hospital, the country’s oldest hospital, runs constantly. Chunni Deuja, 34, is lying on a bed with three other patients. Sometimes she wiggles uncomfortably in the tight space. Sometimes she moans aloud. Two needles peek out of a blood vessel near [...]
Tara Bhattarai – Women News Network – WNN LAGANKHEL, NEPAL – It is midafternoon, and the outpatient department at Nepal’s only mental health facility, called the Mental Hospital, is abuzz with patients. Some wait for their turn to receive care, while others sit on the hospital lawn, crying, talking to themselves or just soaking in [...]
