At the present time, we are seeking volunteer physicians in the following specialties: family practice, ob-gyn, pediatrics, internal medicine, infectious disease, and general surgery. We also have a need for dentists and physiotherapists.
Fall 2012 Medical Trek
Fall 2012 Medical Trek
Medical volunteers, family and friends will trek with HHC from November 17 through December 3, 2012 in the Ganesh Himal to treat village patients in some of the most remote and beautiful mountains in the world.
A trekker treats a patient in a mountain village
Physicians, dentists, nurses, PA and also other volunteers--including family members--are invited to join this two-week trek in a remote region of the Himalayas to support and train local health providers and treat hundreds of villagers who have little or no health care. Trek dates are November 17 to December 3, 2012.
The first ten volunteers will be accepted. They will be supported by a team of over twenty five medical and trek staff and about fifty to one hundred porters. Everything will be portered in. The highest point on the trek will be 13,000 feet, and trekkers will see some of the beautiful high peaks in the Ganesh Himal. Medical work will be empirical at best with little diagnostic support.
A trek description is available, as is a basic information package, which has the trek application forms and requirements.
