December 3rd 2017

The teams from the University of Colorado, Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center and Jayanti Memorial Trust have jointly conducted cardiac camp in Pokhara every year. This camp has shown major improvement in terms of crowd management, advertisement and most importantly screening of cardiac patients. There has been evident progress in the coordination and implementation of outreach clinics with the organizers and the local bodies and by far sets as the best example. This camp was not only attended by the newer cardiac patients but also by the patients that were previously identified by the same group of doctors in the past years. The teams were able to collect data of 611 patients screened at the camp site. Findings are as below:

1. 68% of the patients that attended the camp were found to be cardiac patients.
2. A large number of 172 patients were found to be hypertensive in the age bracket of 50 years and above.
3. 20 patients were referred to Kathmandu for their further treatment.
4. Most of them belonged to the follow up category and we were glad to have found some news cases too.
5. The camp was attended by patients from not only Pokhara but also from locations as far as Ghandruk.
6. Patients that were identified and operated by this group in the previous years had shown tremendous progress. This was the epitome of satisfaction.
7. 15 cases of Congenital Heart Disease, 3 valve cases, 7 Rheumatic Heart Disease were found in the age group of 0-24years along with 6 cases for follow up after 6months.

On this note, we would like to sincerely express our gratitude to the Western Regional Hospital, Lomus Pharmaceutical and Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center for the support. This would not have been possiible without the extended support from the expert team from the University of Colorado. Last but not the least, on behalf of JMT we would like to congratulate Ms. Sabita Mainali JMT's liaison officer at the Western Regional Hospital for showing tremondous effort in screening patients for the camp. The result is truly appreciated by the Trust.