day one

Greetings and blessings from beautiful Nepal!! We all survived our first day (despite a hardcore bout of jet leg) and have accomplished many things. First and formost, we survived Nepalese traffic--which is more impressive then you may think... and dove headfirst into the vast culture of Nepal. After settling in, we travelled to Grande Hospital. This is the privately funded, 500 bed hospital with state of the art equipment including Kathmandu's only CT scanner. We had an opportunity to tour the facility including their new wellness center,inpatient and outpatient units ICU, nicu, er and helipad. After our tour we were able to sit down with the medical director to discuss Nepal's healthcare system, and future partnerships with Nepal. Super exciting!! We also had the opportunity to explore and see many temples an have a traditional Nepalese meal. Well its back to work for us, we will be packing medications and mecical supplies for our medical camp in the am. Hope all is well back home -- fingers crossed everything goes well tomorrow!!! Nameste, Team Nepal