Following on from the hugely successful Medical Mission last year.  The second Medical Mission gets underway on 1st November.  Cllr. Tina Knight from Debden, Tarka Gurung from Wimbish and Durga Gurung from London, Dr Fiona Ormerod  and nurse Lindsay Panes from Bristol Dr Mick Alkan from Israel and Dr Ian Pearson from Cambridge, have volunteered to give their time and expertise.  Accompanying the team will be 6 Explorer Scouts from the Isle of Man with the Island Commissioner,  Mike Southall and  John Riley also from the Isle of Man with his team who have set up a home for Street Children in Pokhara.   These will be joined in Kathmandu and Pokhara by a medical team of Nepalese consisting of two doctors, two nurses and two dental nurses.  Last year,  all the children and the sick of the area were examined and treated by Dr Fiona Ormerod and medical records were created.  The children were also examined by dentist, Ian Pearson,  who extracted a huge number of teeth, due to there being no dental care at all previously.  This year, as we have more doctors and medical professionals, many more people in the area will have the opportunity to be examined and helped.  Anyone interested in details of the medical trips or wishing to join the 2013 trip please contact the office:  01799540881 or email: tpk@nighthawk .

 Nepal has the highest rate of malnutrition in the world with medical and dental care being very scarce, particularly in remote regions such as Tang Ting which has no accessible road network at all.  This area is where many of the gurkhas who serve in the British Army originate from.  To reach the main village, you have to trek on foot for several hours up the mountainside which can often be very difficult and sometimes dangerous, due to landslides and flooding at certain times of the year.