An Elective of Extremes: from Nepal to Norway — Adventure Medic

Dr Anna Schumann / FY2 / South East London Hospitals With a keen interest in the global diversity of remote and pre-hospital medicine, Anna took the opportunity to explore a range of settings for her undergraduate medical elective in 2016. Travelling first to the Kathmandu valley in Nepal where she worked in a city hospital… viaContinue reading “An Elective of Extremes: from Nepal to Norway — Adventure Medic”

Wild Nepal — Adventure Medic

Following the devastating earthquake of 2015, Dr Nathasha Basheer was inspired to return to Nepal, a country she first visited following her foundation years. Despite her ongoing commitment to paediatric training in the UK, she organised to spend two weeks volunteering with The Wild Medic Project. Here she recounts her trip as a ‘Wild Medic’… viaContinue reading “Wild Nepal — Adventure Medic”

Surgery in Nepal

Philippa Hardy / ED Locum Doctor / UK Philippa Hardy is the author of website Escape Medic and is currently working as a locum in ED in preparation for a summer of expeditions. In 2016, she travelled to Nepal, spending time alongside Professors Upendra Devkota and Henry Marsh at the National Institute of Neurological andContinue reading “Surgery in Nepal”