Our parent organization Mountain Heart Nepal responds to various emergencies occurring in the country. Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital works closely with Mountain Heart Nepal to provide aid in times of natural disaster. Below are the activities of Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital’s humanitarian response since its founding:
2022
Doctors from Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital participated in Mountain Heart Nepal’s earthquake response. The people of Purbi Chauki Rural Municipality of Doti district and Thalara Rural Municipality of Bajhang district received relief materials and free health services. An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 and 5.7 Richter scale on Nov 2022 caused destruction to the lives and property of people living in far-western Nepal.
2020-2021
1. W provided emergency food parcels to marginalized groups and daily wage workers who lost their job because of COVID-19 and lacked the income to buy food for their households. The food parcels were distributed to 470 families of the Nuwakot, Rasuwa, and Makwanpur districts.
2. We distributed Oxygen Concentrators received from Direct Relief to rural government hospitals and health centres.
3. We provided emergency food parcels and flood relief items, including tents to people affected by the 2021 flooding in Manang.
4. Provided emergency food parcels and tarpaulins to people affected by the 2021 landslide in Myagdi.
5. We established a Toll-Free Helpline service and employed a full-time counsellor to provide non-clinical advice, practical support, and counselling to COVID-19 patients in-home quarantine.
6. We installed an oxygen manufacturing plant at our hospital to address the need for oxygen shortages in our community.
Our humanitarian response support the following SDGs:


