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In this photo,
Dr. Lee Levin is reviewing and adding to the list of
necessary medical and hospital supplies needed at the new
Patale Health Post. On the left is Jamyang Sherpa, and on
the right is Pasi Sherpa. Both Sherpas are health care
workers from the local village, trained by the Everest
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Service trek acknowledgement: Dr. Lee Levin
I just wanted to send
you and everyone at EverestNews.com my sincere apologies. I almost
forgot to acknowledge the fine contributions of Dr. Lee Levin to our
service trek. He was extremely helpful to us, and verified the
usefulness of the work of the Mount Everest Foundation for the
Sustainable Development of Nepal and Tibet, especially during our
visit to the Patale Health Clinic, where he carefully checked all of
the medicines, and reviewed the staff's equipment list, making
suggestions, giving ideas and hints, etcetera. Also, he generously
donated antibiotics to the clinic, for which everyone was deeply
grateful. It was so important to have a physician like Lee in our
midst, during our first ever visit to the newly
opened clinic, because
he gave an important stamp of approval to what the newly trained
health workers are doing and endorsed their focus and the chosen
direction for the future as a good one. It was especially nice to
have Dr. Lee with us, because he is familiar with practicing
medicine in rural settings with people from developing regions. So,
thanks very much for acknowledging our debt of gratitude to Dr.
Levin, and once again, thanks for reading the poor families and environments far from the beaten track in
the Mount Everest region. Yours Sincerely, Daniel
Mazur
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Here is a photo
by John Vavruska showing Elselien and the ladies of Nirmalai
Danda looking at a photo that Elselien just took of them
with her father's digital camera. |
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photo of John
Vavruska standing in front of one of the last surviving tap
stands of the Nirmali Danda water project. John Designed and
built this tap stand in 1984. |
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Here is a photo
taken by John Vavruska of Jangbu Sherpa, looking proud in
the Patale Health Post, which he founded to help the 4000
people in this district, who before this time had no access
to health care, and had to walk three days and take a bus
for one day, in case of emergency, so they could get to the
nearest meager health services. Before the Patale health
clinic was established, many villagers died on the way to
get health care. In the left side of the photo, a mother is
holding her infant who has just received treatment for an
infected cut. |
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We really
appreciate the efforts of EverestNews.com in showcasing the
latest service trek under the auspices of the Mount Everest
Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Nepal and
Tibet. Here is a photo taken by John Vavruska from the ridge
above Patale Village, where the new health post is located.
In the center of the photo, you can see a long "ridge" which
is Nuptse, and the pyramid-shaped peak to the right of it is
Mount Everest, on a clear morning in November. |
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This photo,
taken by John Vavruska, shows a woman standing in her
doorway of Nirmalaia Danda village, holding a photo, taken
last week, of herself and child that John Vavruska took 20
years ago |
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