Medical Teams Deployed to Himalayas for Health Checks of Climbers and Trekkers

A team of doctors has been deployed to the Himalayas for health checks of climbers and trekkers arriving for the spring climbing season. The Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) has dispatched a team of 11, including foreign doctors, to Everest Base Camp in Solukhumbu, as well as to Phereche and Manang district, to provide treatment for domestic and international mountain trekkers.The association, established in 2030 BS (1973 AD) with the objective of providing health services to tourists climbing in the spring and autumn seasons, has sent a team of 11, comprising five foreign and two Nepali doctors, to the mountains as...