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Meeting the chairs of the Patan Academy at its 7th Consultative Meeting

I was honoured to be invited to Kathmandu in October to participate in the Annual International Consultative Meeting for Patan Academy over 5 days. This meeting is one of  many great minds from across the globe, composed by eminent professors and deans from a variety of worldwide institutions such as Harvard University. The panel was chaired by professor Cliff Tabin, professor of genetics at Harvard.

The aim of this meeting was to tackle the future training needs of the medical students in relation to the complex healthcare needs of rural Nepal.

The main outcome for DFN was strengthened links with Patan Academy, a better understanding of the dire healthcare situation in rural Nepal, and a clearer future for our aims and goals as a charity.

DFN's three students, Lalit, Meena and Nahakul with Dr Kate Yarrow and Rajesh Gongal, Patan's Dean

Accompanied by Lalit, our current sponsored student, I was also able to meet with our two new students Meena and Nahakul, both of whom, we are very proud to say, have now signed their contacts with DFN and Patan. I was also able to deliver a large batch of donated medical books and laptops to help them with their studies.

The delegates at the Annual International Consultative Meeting for Patan Academy