Reaching Flood Survivors Where Healthcare Is Needed Most: PHOMIR’s Health Response in Trishuli and Tupche
When disasters strike, healthcare cannot wait for people to reach hospitals. It must reach people where they are.
In the aftermath of devastating floods and landslides in Nepal, communities in remote and severely affected areas continue to face significant challenges in accessing essential healthcare. Roads and transportation networks may be disrupted, health facilities can become difficult to reach, and families already struggling with displacement and loss may be unable to seek timely medical attention.
Recognizing this urgent need, PHOMIR continued its humanitarian health response by reaching flood and landslide survivors in Trishuli and Tupche, bringing essential medical services closer to affected communities.
Bringing Healthcare Closer to Flood-Affected Families
As part of the health response, our team conducted a medical health camp in Trishuli, where more than 100 flood and landslide survivors received medical screening, consultation, essential medicines, and blood sugar testing.
The health camp was designed to address both immediate health concerns and ongoing medical needs among individuals and families affected by the disaster.
Many survivors presented with conditions including chronic illnesses, fever, cough, and other health-related concerns. Through medical consultations and screening, the team was able to provide appropriate treatment and essential medicines while identifying individuals who required a higher level of medical attention.
For patients presenting with serious or complicated conditions, the team facilitated referrals to the district hospital for further investigation, treatment, and specialized care.
Recognizing the Mental Health Impact of Disasters
Disasters do not only affect physical health. Floods and landslides can result in loss of homes, livelihoods, property, family members, and a profound sense of safety and security. These experiences can leave survivors dealing with fear, anxiety, grief, stress, and other psychosocial challenges.
As part of the health response, individuals requiring psychosocial support were assessed and referred for further care.
This integrated approach recognizes that effective humanitarian healthcare must address both the physical and psychological consequences of disasters.
A Dedicated Team of Healthcare Professionals and Volunteers
The health response brought together healthcare professionals and volunteers committed to serving communities affected by the disaster.
The team included Dr. Ashok Karki, Ms. Prasuna Kandel, Ms. Sangeeta Rijal, and other healthcare professionals and volunteers, representing organizations including NRNA, Nepal Mediciti, and Metro Hospital.
Working together, the team contributed their medical expertise, time, and resources to ensure that affected families could receive essential healthcare services despite the difficult circumstances.
Their collective efforts demonstrate the importance of collaboration during humanitarian emergencies, where effective response often depends on bringing together medical professionals, institutions, volunteers, and community networks.
Reaching Tupche: Taking Healthcare to a Remote Community
The response did not stop in Trishuli.
The team also traveled to Tupche, a remote rural community that was severely affected by the floods. Reaching communities such as Tupche is particularly important because geographical isolation can make access to healthcare even more difficult during and after a disaster.
A health camp was conducted in Tupche to bring medical care closer to affected families, allowing community members to receive health assessments and consultations without having to travel long distances in already challenging conditions.
For disaster-affected communities, even basic medical services can make a significant difference. A consultation, a health screening, essential medicine, or a timely referral can help prevent a manageable health concern from becoming a serious medical emergency.
Healthcare Must Reach People
Natural disasters often expose existing inequalities in access to healthcare. People living in remote and rural areas can face additional barriers to receiving timely medical attention, particularly when roads are damaged, transportation is limited, and families are displaced.
This is why humanitarian healthcare must go beyond the walls of hospitals and clinics.
Healthcare must reach people—wherever they are.
PHOMIR's response in Trishuli and Tupche reflects this principle by taking essential medical services directly to communities affected by floods and landslides.
From screening and consultation to blood sugar testing, medicines, treatment, psychosocial assessment, and referrals, the response focused on meeting people at their point of need.
Beyond Emergency Response
Disaster recovery does not end when floodwaters recede.
Affected communities may continue to face health challenges for weeks and months after an emergency. Chronic illnesses require ongoing management, untreated conditions can worsen, and psychological distress may emerge or intensify over time.
Therefore, humanitarian health interventions must consider not only immediate emergency needs but also continuity of care, appropriate referrals, psychosocial support, and connection with existing health services.
The health camps in Trishuli and Tupche served as an important point of contact between affected communities and healthcare professionals, helping identify those who could be treated locally and those who required further medical attention.
A Collective Commitment to Humanitarian Healthcare
The success of such initiatives depends on collective action.
The participation of healthcare professionals, volunteers, hospitals, organizations, and community members demonstrates what can be achieved when people come together with a shared commitment to humanitarian service.
PHOMIR extends its appreciation to Dr. Ashok Karki, Ms. Prasuna Kandel, Ms. Sangeeta Rijal, the healthcare professionals and volunteers, NRNA, Nepal Mediciti, Metro Hospital, and everyone who contributed to this health response.
Their dedication helped bring essential healthcare closer to families who needed it most.
Looking Ahead
The communities affected by floods and landslides need continued attention, support, and access to healthcare as they work toward recovery.
PHOMIR remains committed to supporting vulnerable and disaster-affected communities through humanitarian health initiatives that prioritize access, dignity, early intervention, and compassionate care.
The experience in Trishuli and Tupche reinforces a simple but powerful lesson:
In disasters, healthcare must reach people—wherever they are.
By taking healthcare to affected communities, we can help ensure that distance, displacement, or difficult circumstances do not become barriers to receiving essential care.
PHOMIR stands with disaster-affected communities and remains committed to bringing healthcare closer to those who need it most.
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