42nd BRINOS Nepal Ear Camp Fateh-Bal
eye Hospital, Nepalgunj, Nepal
7th – 15th November 2010
The 42nd Surgical Ear Camp undertaken by the Britain Nepal
Otology Service was conducted in the Fateh-Bal Eye Hospital,
Nepalgunj in the Terai Region of Western Nepal.
The Surgery involves repair of ear drum perforations (myringoplasty),
eradication of potentially serious middle ear disease (mastoidectomy)
and restoration of the hearing for those suffering with a
condition known as otosclerosis (stapedectomy).
Patients stay in hospital for two days and aftercare is undertaken
by the primary ear care team. During six days of operating
a total of 101 major ear operations were performed, mostly
under local anaesthetic. Patients were pre-selected by the
Community Ear Assistants.
The members of the team were as follows:
UK:
Odette Ferrao (theatre manager - Kings College Hospital)
Robin Youngs (ENT Surgeon and Team Leader - Gloucestershire
Royal Hospital)
Malcolm Savage (anaesthetist – Gloucestershire Royal
Hospital)
David Jonathan (ENT Surgeon – Frimley Park Hospital)
Malcolm Hilton (ENT Surgeon – Royal Devon and Exeter
Hospital)
Yvette Youngs (theatre assistant – Gloucestershire Hospitals)
Rebecca Perkins (theatre nurse – Frimley Park Hospital)
Nepal
Anupama Rijal (ENT Surgeon – Kathmandu)
Abbas Sai (driver)
Pashupati Chaudhari (theatre nurse)
Rajani Shah (theatre nurse)
Tushar Roy (facilitator)
Puran Tharu (Chief Community Ear Assistant)
Ram Bahadur (Community Ear Assistant)
Tilak Ram, Rati Ram,
Satruhan Balmiki (general assistants)
Nando Kishor Tharu (volunteer)
And Thanks
The Britain Nepal Otology Service are most grateful to the
BMA/RCN Humanitarian Fund for supporting their work in Nepal.
Robin Youngs MD FRCS
Director - BRINOS
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