Canadian aid worker Dr. David Allison watches as the original Dhunche hospital is being demolished after it was significantly damaged in the earthquake. The Canadian Red Cross field hospital is set up nearby. /Photo courtesy: Diana Coulter
Mobile medical team getting set up in the Haku camp for displaced people in Dhunche, Nepal. /Photo courtesy: Nicole Robicheau, Canadian Red Cross.
Dr. Kim de Souza sees a patient with a cough and fever at the Red Cross mobile medical clinic in the Haku camp in Dhunche, Nepal. /Photo courtesy: Nicole Robicheau, Canadian Red Cross.
Children playing in the child friendly space at the Canadian Red Cross field hospital in Dhunche, Nepal. /Photo courtesy: Nicole Robicheau, Canadian Red Cross.
Newborn baby minutes after delivery at the Canadian Red Cross field hospital in Dhunche, Nepal. /Photo courtesy: Nicole Robicheau, Canadian Red Cross.
Teachers learning psychosocial first aid from Red Cross volunteers at the Haku camp in Dhunche, Nepal. /Photo courtesy: Nicole Robicheau, Canadian Red Cross.
Today marks three months since the first of two earthquakes devastated Nepal. With more than 100 aftershocks, many people have lost their lives, homes and livelihoods. The earthquakes impacted 5.6 million Nepalese with more than 853,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
On April 25, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, devastating the capital of Kathmandu. Immediately, the Red Cross began to mobilize aid as shelter, medical care and water/sanitation were identified as priority needs. In Dhunche, the Canadian Red Cross set up its
field hospital to treat people in the area and in
remote communities.
Less than a month later, a
second, powerful 7.3 earthquake struck Nepal on May 12, resulting in more deaths and homes destroyed, but
aid continued to be delivered.
To date, the Canadian Red Cross has deployed more than 100 aid workers. The field hospital supports primary care, including emergency maternal and surgical care, and
delivered healthy newborns right from the start. More than 4,300 patients have been treated within the hospital so far.
In this short video, Nepalese children are singing in the child friendly play space at the Canadian Red Cross field hospital.
The Nepalese people have shown strength in resilience as communities work together to
rebuild in the earthquakes’ aftermath. As the journey to recovery continues, the Red Cross is committed in supporting the long-term recovery of affected communities.
Read more stories about
recovering after the Nepalese earthquakes.