My time in Nepal is over but I still haven’t explained what NCCDF is exactly!
NCCDF = Nepal Critical Care Development Foundation. The logo is on this blogs main page.
NCCDFnepal.org or on Facebook for details
NCCDF is a charity started by Dr. Subhash Acharya dedicated to improving ICU experiences in Nepal. It was founded in 2012 when Dr. Acharya returned from his ICU Fellowship in Toronto. He was frustrated by death and suffering caused by needless delays obtaining equipment in the ICU.
NCCDF main aims are:
- to provide an ICU community across Nepal
- to provide Care Boxes at ICUs across Nepal. Care Boxes include essential equipment such as end tracheal tubes to be used in emergencies. If patients are able to afford the cost, they replace the equipment. If not it is donated to the patient.
- to launch a Critical Care residency track for Nepal
- to improve the overall quality of ICU care through workshops, seminars, and literature aimed at all ICU clinicians
NCCDF is in it’s infancy but has already made significant strides. The first NCCDF Care Box is to be presented to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital within the week. Posters promoting hand washing have been distributed across Kathmandu. Their inaugural annual magazine, The ICU Post, has been published and is being distributed to ICUs across Nepal. The Critical Care Medicine specialty is in the process of being established through partnership with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada. Workshops for ICU clinicians are pending.
All of this is extremely impressive for a young charity with no steady revenue source. Day to day operations are primarily conducted by Nipesh Acharya and Sahadev Aryal, who volunteer their time. Expert support from Canada includes a Toronto ICU doctor, Ottawa ICU doctor, and nurses from Toronto. All these people volunteer their time and have supported NCCDF with supplies during their trips.
NCCDF fundraising has been limited to date: a T shirt sale, a movie night, and a trekking trip that is in the works. They also receive some support from rent charged to visiting clinicians who stay at Canada House. The donations I collected before leaving Canada are a significant revenue stream for them and I thank you all for your support!
ADDENDUM: at the request of NCCDF, I've added photos from the recent donation of the Care Box to TUTH.
NCCDF = Nepal Critical Care Development Foundation. The logo is on this blogs main page.
NCCDFnepal.org or on Facebook for details
NCCDF is a charity started by Dr. Subhash Acharya dedicated to improving ICU experiences in Nepal. It was founded in 2012 when Dr. Acharya returned from his ICU Fellowship in Toronto. He was frustrated by death and suffering caused by needless delays obtaining equipment in the ICU.
NCCDF main aims are:
- to provide an ICU community across Nepal
- to provide Care Boxes at ICUs across Nepal. Care Boxes include essential equipment such as end tracheal tubes to be used in emergencies. If patients are able to afford the cost, they replace the equipment. If not it is donated to the patient.
- to launch a Critical Care residency track for Nepal
- to improve the overall quality of ICU care through workshops, seminars, and literature aimed at all ICU clinicians
NCCDF is in it’s infancy but has already made significant strides. The first NCCDF Care Box is to be presented to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital within the week. Posters promoting hand washing have been distributed across Kathmandu. Their inaugural annual magazine, The ICU Post, has been published and is being distributed to ICUs across Nepal. The Critical Care Medicine specialty is in the process of being established through partnership with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada. Workshops for ICU clinicians are pending.
All of this is extremely impressive for a young charity with no steady revenue source. Day to day operations are primarily conducted by Nipesh Acharya and Sahadev Aryal, who volunteer their time. Expert support from Canada includes a Toronto ICU doctor, Ottawa ICU doctor, and nurses from Toronto. All these people volunteer their time and have supported NCCDF with supplies during their trips.
NCCDF fundraising has been limited to date: a T shirt sale, a movie night, and a trekking trip that is in the works. They also receive some support from rent charged to visiting clinicians who stay at Canada House. The donations I collected before leaving Canada are a significant revenue stream for them and I thank you all for your support!
ADDENDUM: at the request of NCCDF, I've added photos from the recent donation of the Care Box to TUTH.
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| NCCDF Team donating the the first Care Box to TUTH |
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| Supplies for the Care box |
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| Care Box for distribution. It's subsequently unpacked into a useful locker at the destination. |
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