Outpatient Services - OPD
Outpatient Services - Annual Data
16 July 2014 - 15 July 2015 (Nepal Fiscal Year)
New Leprosy Patients .......................................... 1,228
• Children 127
• Grade-2 Disability - (Adults & Children) 254
Old Returning Leprosy Patients ....................................... 7,978
• Children 289
POD (Prevention of Disability) Community Clinics -
- Leprosy Patients ......................................................... 3,616
Total All Leprosy Patients Visits (New + Old + POD) ....... 12,822
• Reactions 2,548
• Neuritis 1,548
• Ulcers 3,005
Total General (Non-leprosy) Patient Consultations ........... 74,225
Children 15,779
TOTAL ALL OPD PATIENT VISITS (All Leprosy + General) ......... 87,047
Total children consultations 16,263
Outpatient Department Services
Leprosy patients
General patients
Children
Wound care
Eye Care
Mother & Child Health (MCH) clinics
Emergency services
Community POD (Prevention of Disability) Clinics
Busy season - hot, crowded Outpatients Dept, 500 - 550 patients a day
Arriving by ox-cart. Another form of local ambulance
Morning OPD Clinic with Dr Vijay
Samuel K P Subedi - Manager of the extremely busy OPD Services
Medical Records - changing to an integrated computerised system
Wound Care - a busy daily outpatient service
Kunal is just 5 and already has ulnar nerve damage due to leprosy
Fulo is also just 5, and has two pale skin patches due to leprosy. Here she is tested for any loss of sensation in her feet due to leprosy, but fortunately she has no nerve damage. So her leprosy will be cured after 6 months of taking two anti-leprosy medicines.
Arriving by Jholunga (bamboo sling). They carried him 10 Km.
