KATHMANDU: A specialized medical team has been deployed to Nepal’s Himalayan region to provide health check-ups and treatment for climbers and trekkers arriving during the spring mountaineering season.
The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal has mobilized an 11-member team, including foreign and Nepali doctors, to major high-altitude areas such as Everest Base Camp and Pheriche in Solukhumbu District, as well as Manang District.
The initiative aims to deliver medical services and support to both domestic and international mountaineers and trekkers in remote high-altitude locations.
Established in 1973, the Association has long been providing medical assistance to tourists undertaking mountain expeditions and trekking, particularly during the busy spring and autumn climbing seasons.
With the onset of this year’s spring season, the Association has dispatched a team comprising five foreign and two Nepali doctors, along with support staff.
At Everest Base Camp, Australian doctor Samantha Allison Wills, Nepali doctor Prince Singh, and support staff member Lakpa Norbu Sherpa have been deployed.
At the Pheriche health post, Australian doctor Rebecca Allen Carpenter, American doctor Caitlin Brooke Harper, Nepali doctor Aakriti Singh, and support staff Ang Dawa Sherpa and Thaneshwar Bhandari have been assigned.
Similarly, at the Manang health post, American doctor Joseph Peter Mahoney, Australian doctor Ken J. Koh, and support staff member Prakash Khatri have been mobilized.
According to Association President Damber Parajuli, temporary health posts have been set up at Everest Base Camp, Pheriche, and Manang village to provide immediate medical care to trekkers and mountaineers.
The Association has been operating a health camp at Everest Base Camp since 2003, serving climbers, trekkers, and support staff, while similar services have been available in Pheriche since 1973.
It has also been running such camps in Manang since 1980 and in Gosaikunda since 1997, the Association said.
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