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Nepal


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B & B Hospital
B & B Hospital is a teaching hospital for Kathmandu University Medical School that is committed to a multidisciplinary approach to cleft care. In July of 2006, The Smile Train provided a Treatment Grant to support surgical care for indigent children with cleft lip and palate in Nepal and to improve the quality of care being provided. The program will be led by Dr. Prashant Shrestha.

Dr. Prashant Shrestha, BDS, PhD
Associate Professor, Maxillofacial Surgery
B & B Hospital
GPO Box 2481
Kathmandu University Teaching Hospital
Kathmandu
Nepal
Phone: +977 9851035915
Fax: +977 1 4436312

Impact Nepal
Impact Nepal is a non-profit organization that is working for prevention of avoidable disability in Nepal. The Smile Train has provided Impact Nepal with funding to jointly organize a cleft surgery camp with Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital that will be led by Dr. Ishwar Lohani. They will provide free treatment for 40 impoverished children in Nepal suffering from cleft lip and/or palate.

Dr. L. N. Prasad
Chairman
Impact Nepal
2019/48 Tanka Prasad Ghumti
Sandak, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu
Nepal
Phone: +977-1-4262487, 4254635
Fax: +977-1-4262457, 4242902

Interplast Incubator Site
The Smile Train supports an Incubator Program in Nepal through Interplast, Inc. This program, led by Dr. Shankar Man Rai in Katmandu, began in 1999. Over 2,800 children with cleft lip and palate in Nepal have received surgical care through this Incubator Program. In addition to performing cleft surgeries, Dr. Rai has recruited two surgical fellows to work with him, Dr. Bohare and Dr. Nikarmi, and the team has traveled throughout Nepal to help children in need.

Click here to read about how Dr. Rai uses digital technology to ease surgery in Nepal.

Dr. Shankar Man Rai
Nepal
Phone: (01) 375633

Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital
Dr. Andreas Settje
Medical and Project Director
Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital Salambutar
Sankhu
PO BOX 13227
KTM - 01
Nepal
Phone: +977-14450304
Fax: +977-14450725
Website: www.skmh.org.np

Universal College of Medical Sciences
Dr F.M. Tripathi
Universal College of Medical Sciences
Ranigaon
Bhairahawa
Nepal
Phone: 00977-71-521752
Fax: 00977-71-522921

 

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