Covid Update for NLT at Lalgadh

We have received an update on the situation at Lalgadh: • Lalgadh Hospital and the surrounding area is in total lockdown since 4th May. The roads are empty and most shops are closed except for brief periods. Police are patrolling to enforce the lockdown. • Patient numbers have dropped from an average of about 365 daily visits in April, to about 75 visits in May. Staff duty rotas have been changed to reduce the staff on duty to minimise staff-staff and staff-patient contact and therefore in...
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A New Chapter for Mainudin – December 2019

Mainudin Dafali, now aged 48, suffered stigma and rejection all his life because he came from a family affected by leprosy. His own symptoms began when he was very young but he was not diagnosed with leprosy until he was nine years old, when a healthcare survey team saw him walking across a field and recognized his limp as being caused by leprosy. At that time he was working as a buffalo herdsman for a local landlord but when the landlord realized that Mainudin had leprosy, he dismissed him ...
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Dambar Aley, Programme Director at Lalgadh Hospital, Retires

We are sad to lose Dambar Aley from the team at Lalgadh after more than 28 years of working with people affected by leprosy. Many of you will remember that Hem Pradhan retired in early 2018 and Hem and Dambar began the medical work at Lalgadh together when they went to live at Lalgadh village to begin to survey the area for leprosy, and to start relationships with the community at Lalgadh and further afield. Much of the success of the work over the years has depended on the good relationship...
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NLT at the International Leprosy Congress 2019 in Manila

Seven of NLT's staff from Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital have spent the last few days in Manila, joining hundreds of other people involved in leprosy work from around the world. The Congress takes place every three years, and is an important opportunity for people working with leprosy to share ideas, working practices and new research with each other on a global scale. It also provides a very important platform and voice for people affected by leprosy themselves to communicate their perspectives with ...
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Monsoon Misery hits Nepal again!

Last weekend, from the 12th to the 14th July, there was continuous very heavy rain across Nepal leading to flooding, landslides, crop destruction, and loss of life in 28 districts of Nepal, as well as in north east India and Bangladesh. Even Kathmandu has suffered badly with the Kalanki area of Kathmandu very flooded, and many areas being slightly flooded - even the NLT offices. The roads through the hills have suffered badly with landslides, including the main route through for NLT on the Si...
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Lalgadh staff to attend the International Leprosy Congress in Manila

The International Leprosy Congress only happens every four years, and is an important opportunity for scientists, researchers, health staff partners and individuals affected by leprosy to interact, discuss and share experiences in their work across a variety of fields in the leprosy world. The aim of the Congress is to foster a global partnership in addressing the current challenges of leprosy, with the aim of reaching "zero transmission, zero disability, and zero discrimination". This year it i...
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