Project Description | |
| Project Type | |
| Funded Project - Normal Project | |
| Project ID | |
| 03PH001 | |
| Project Title | |
| Echocardiography Training in USA | |
| Location | |
| Some United States Medical Center | |
| Time Frame | |
| Summer – Fall 2004 | |
| Institution | |
|
Patan Hospital G.P.O. Box 252 Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| Contact | |
|
Mark D. Zimmerman, MD Medical Director Patan Hospital Email Address : patan  hospital.wlink.com.np Telephone (voice): 977-1-5522295/5522278/5522266 Telephone (fax): 977-1-4225559 patan hospital.wlink.com.np | |
| ANMF/Nepal Project Manager | |
| ANMF/America Project Manager | |
|
Sanjaya Khanal, MD SanjayaKhanal anmf.net | |
| Project Description | |
| ANMF will use its network to advise on and implement the training of a Patan Hospital doctor in Echocardiography in the United States. | |
| Material Requested | |
| None | |
| Training Requested | |
| 3-6 months Echocardiography Training | |
| Advisors/Instructors Requested | |
| U.S. based Cardiologist | |
| Travel/Expenses Requested | |
| US $1500 | |
| Grants/Stipends Requested | |
| Food and lodging in the United States US $2000 - 3500 | |
| Other Items Requested | |
| Training related costs | |
| Total Funds Requested | |
| US $3500-5000, depending on length of training | |
| Additional Information | |
|
Patan Hospital is a mission/government hospital located in Kathmandu,
Nepal. Each year we see over 300,000 outpatients and do 16,000
admissions, many of these patients coming from the far corners of Nepal.
As well as being one of Nepal’s largest hospitals, Patan Hospital is
known as a charity hospital where no patient is turned away for any
reason. Patan Hospital has a staff of 65 doctors. The hospital is
involved in training on a number of different levels. At present there
are 30 postgraduate residents and interns working in Patan Hospital. The
hospital’s doctor training program includes both active conference and
seminar schedule and a fine supervised experience in the ward and
clinic. The hospital puts a high emphasis on training staff for outlying
hospitals, such as its programs in MDGP anesthesia assistant, nurse
midwifery, and ultrasound. Patan Hospital is involved in negotiations
with KUMS regarding Patan Hospital providing a site for clinical
training of medical students. Significant numbers of our Internal Medicine and Pediatric patients have cardiac conditions. There are still many patients here with undiagnosed congenital heart disease and advanced rheumatic heart disease. Ischemic heart disease is increasing each year. Our Internal Medicine team refers an average of one patient per day for echocardiography. These patients have to go outside to have their echo done in various clinics around the city. Although the echos are done by supposed cardiologists, our Medicine and Pediatrics teams have found the reliability of the reports to be low. At the same time, cardiac surgery has been developing rapidly and there are more options for moderately priced operations. This increases the need for making accurate diagnosis on certain cardiac conditions. Given the increasing demand for reliable echocardiography, the number of patients being referred out to clinics in Kathmandu, and the lack of uniform quality of the reports - Patan Hospital is developing its own capability for echocardiography. During the last two years church groups in Upstate New York have raised $75,000 for the purchase of a new echo/ultrasound machine. This refurbished state of the art machine should arrive in Nepal in late 2003 and be ready for use in Patan Hospital. Although the trend in Nepal is to have cardiologists doing all echocardiography, my experience in the United States is that this examination can be performed also by trained internists. We in Patan Hospital would like to send one of our staff for intensive training in echocardiography. We believe that if the staff was well selected and the training in the United States well implemented, that this could result in provision of an excellent service for our patients. We perceive that the ANMF strength lies in its network. Rather than ask for funding from ANMF, we would prefer to seek help in the area in which it is strongest. In that regard, we would be looking for help according to the following plan:
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Project Status | |
| 8/21/03 | Request received by ANMF/Nepal |
| 11/8/03 | Approved by ANMF/Nepal |
| 1/25/04 | Approved by ANMF |
| 4/24/05 | Short term fellowship at McMasters University arranged for Fall 2005. |
| 7/20/05 | Training scheduled to begin in Toronto July 30, 2005 |
| 10/22/05 | Short term fellowship at McMasters University, Toronto to be completed 10/25/05 |
| 10/25/05 | Short term fellowship at McMasters University, Toronto successfully completed. Project complete |
| 12/31/05 | Project completed - $4,018 funded |