Dr James Dick says “First, I think I should mention that what I did was so long ago that the present population of Okhaldhunga has only a limited idea of what I did and under what conditions. The hospital was the first and, I think, still the only UMN hospital in East Nepal where conditions are different from the West. The Okhaldhunga is 100 miles from Kathmandu and in my time was a week's walk. All supplies apart from the simplest rural things had to be carried in on men's backs. The Church of Scotland gave support and I managed to get a hospital going. It is hard to recollect how different life was when I first came to Okhaldhunga – no running water, just kerosene tins carried from the nearest stream – no communications except for a series of postmen (dak wallas) running each a day's journey between Okhaldhunga and Kathmandu carrying one lot of letters out and returning with another lot of letters back, between two posts in a series of ten posts (daks). Wood was shaped with a wood chipper (an adze) rather than cut with a saw. Cement was very expensive, so walls were built with blocks of stone bonded with mud and dung – milk and meat came direct from the buffalo.”
His story and experience reflects how God strengthens and protects his people in serving the poor and the needy.
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The hospital provides quality medical services and there is a plan to renovate and construct new building that includes the TB Ward, in and out patient department. Community contributes labour and local material. The hospital requires more supporters to improve the hospital facilities to serve more people.
Pray for:
-Okhadhunga hospital staff and the community
-The family of James Dick
