Project Description | |
| Project Type | |
| Fund Raising Project | |
| Project ID | |
| 02BCH001 | |
| Project Title | |
| Cancer Upachar Dan - Free Treatment for Destitute Cancer Patients | |
| Institution | |
|
Nepal Cancer Relief Society Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital | |
| Contact | |
|
Dr. Bibek Pradhan B.Pradhan  ntlworld.com | |
| ANMF/Nepal Project Manager | |
|
Aruna Pant ArunaPant anmf.net | |
| ANMF/America Project Manager | |
|
Fred Shepardson FredShepardson anmf.net | |
| Project Description | |
|
In 1999 The Rotary International and
Nepal Cancer Relief Society established this new Bhaktapur Cancer
Care Center, now renamed Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (BCH), in
collaboration with HMG Ministry of Health and the Bhaktapur Public and
institutions. The Hospital charges Rs.5,000 for a complete course of
radiotherapy treatment to each patient. Because of the extreme poverty
amongst the people from the hills and the villages, we are very
concerned for the fact that if these people were to contract cancer they
would certainly succumb to the ultimate painful death because they were
not able to pay for the treatment. This led to an effort to sponsor
treatment for destitute cancer patients. In September 2002 the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital formed a Committee in Nepal under the Chairmanship of Rotarian Ganesh Bahadur Thapa, Founder President of The Rotary Club of Pasupati and ex-Governor of The State Bank of Nepal, to oversee the programme of free treatment. Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital Management Committee decided to initiate a
project Cancer Upachar Dan with the aim to provide free treatment or
subsidy of Rs.5,000 to 200 destitute cancer patients a year costing 10
Lakhs. This project has a target to raise Rs. 1 Crore including funds
from The Rotary Club of Mansfield which would enable to treat 200
patients a year free of charges for 25 to 40 years depending upon the
investment income between 5 to 10% a year. In order to raise this The
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (BCH) Management Committee is undertaking the
Cancer Upachar Dan fund rasing campaign. | |
| Location | |
| Bhaktapur | |
| Time Frame | |
| Ongoing | |
| Material Requested | |
| None | |
| Training Requested | |
| None | |
| Advisors/Instructors Requested | |
| None | |
| Travel/Expenses Requested | |
| None | |
| Grants/Stipends Requested | |
| None | |
| Other Items Requested | |
| None | |
| Total Funds Requested | |
| Additional Information | |
| See appeal. | |
Project Status | |
| 11/11/02 | Request received by ANMF/Nepal |
| 11/26/03 | Request renewed by Dr. Bibek Pradhan |
| 12/17/04 | Project completed - $1,501 raised and contributed to Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital |
| 12/31/06 | $200 in targeted donations received and contirbuted Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital in 2006 |