Anandaban leprosy Hospital
Anandaban Leprosy Hospital アナンダバン病院
Activities
The hospital is charity hospital provides Leprosy patients with reconstructive surgery; undergoing intensive physiotherapy; rehabilitation to return to their community. Leprosy patients can recieve treatment for free. General patients also use this hospital. Every morning, they start a day with the daily church service, medics and nurses attend from 8.30am.
アナンダバン病院は、ハンセン病患者さんへ再建術や理学療法、社会復帰のためのリハビリテーションなどを提供しています。ハンセン病の患者さんは治療費が無料です。一般患者さんもこの病院を利用しています。毎朝、8時半から病院職員が出席するお祈りの時間から一日が始まります。
Home - Leprosy Mission (Accessed 7th of May)
(A small rural village, Lele and the hospital, a valley of Kathmandu. We can find cleaner air here rather than at centre of Kathmandu.)
The relationship between Japan and Nepal regarding this hospital
この病院に関する、日本とネパールの関係
I will mention two stories between Japan and Anandaban leprosy hospital, from one of the Japanese who were affected by leprosy and here.
First story is about Japanese medical staff: Dr. Yoh Yuasa, a Japanese doctor who contributed to Leprosy patients in Nepal. Unfortunately, he was dead in last year 2016, though. People who are affected by leprosy miss him. Two Japanese nurses who worked here were also adored among the patients.
ふたつほど日本とアナンダバン病院にまつわる話に触れたいと思います。日本のハンセン病快復者の方から聞いたことと、アナンダバン病院で見聞きしたことです。
まず、日本の医療従事者のお話から。湯浅洋先生というネパールのハンセン病患者さんの治療に貢献された日本人医師がいらっしゃったそうですが、残念ながら去年2016年に逝去されたそうです。ハンセン病の快復者の方々も残念に思っています。また、ここで働いていた二人の日本人看護師さんも患者さんに慕われていました。
Dr. Yo Yuasa | People | Leprosy.jp (Accessed 5th May 2017)
Second one is about a Japanese organization: Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation also supports this hospital. ”Are you Japanese? From Sasakawa?” - These are frequent questions from the hospital staff...
次に日本の団体です。公益財団法人笹川記念保健協力財団は、アナンダバン病院を昔よりサポートしているそうです。「日本人ですか？ササカワ（財団）からですか？」と病院スタッフからよく聞かれます。
WHOハンセン病制圧大使ニューズレター｜公益財団法人笹川記念保健協力財団 (Accessed 5th May 2017)
(At the training centre, a poster of the declaration for leprosy elimination 2007.)
The hospital aim
"Anandaban Hospital makes a world of difference not only in curing people of leprosy, but enabling them to return to full participation in their communities. "
「アナンダバン病院は世界に変化をもたらすーハンセン病の患者さんを治療するだけでなく、完全な社会復帰を可能にします。」
My interest
What kinds of support are implemented to achieve the aim of this hospital...? For patients, what is the definition of "full participation in their communities"? I am interested in the stories of context of this in Nepal, and I'd like to ask them their image of full participation in their community since it would be visualised in their mind to keep their motivation to heal. I hope I can learn Nepali little by little in order to communicate with them, since most of them only speak Nepali:)
病院の目標を達成するために、どのようなサポートがこの病院で行われているのか？患者さんにとって、完全な社会復帰とはなにか？私は、ネパールにおいて社会復帰という背景に語られるものに関心があるので、ぜひ尋ねてみたいです。患者さんのほとんどがネパール語を話すので、少しづつ学ぼうと思います。
(Self-care unit for rehabilitation - the home setting of patients have been reproduced! They are provided practice education for self-care.)
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