Wound and Ostomy Care Nepal

I am Ms. Saraswati Bhandari, a registered nurse from Nepal. I have completed bachelor of nursing in 2010. I got training on wound and ostomy care from Japan in 2008 for three months through JICA. When I completed the training, I realized that even a simple technique can make a huge difference in human's life. I remembered the problems faced by our ostomates in Nepal and my eyes were busted into tears when the President of JICA asked me about the effectiveness of training. Then, I returned to Nepal with strong desire of involving on ostomy care throughout my whole life. Most ostomates are using plastic bags and wrapping cloths round the waist to hold stool. Similarly, children are leaving schools due to lack of ostomy appliances and fear of odor coming from stool from stoma. There are no provision of pre operative counseling, stoma marking and information on life styles after ostomy surgery to the ostomates in Nepal. I asked to donate ostomy care appliances from foreign charity organizations and distributing to ostomates after assessing their stoma and selecting the best appliances.
I thought that it is good idea to establish wound and ostomy clinic and provide the care from there as well as from hospitals and home. Therefore, we want to establish wound and ostomy clinic at kathamndu.Your money will be invested to equip the clinic and to buy the wound care products and some paediatric ostomy supplies. Also, some of money will go to pay for the staff who will help operate the services through clinic, hospital and home. You can help us by donating money. Your each dollor can make a great difference in the ostomates and patient's life . Simultaneously, your help will be the cornerstone to establish a professional wound and ostomy care in Nepal.


The description of the organization are as follows:

Organization Name: Wound and Ostomy Care Nepal (WOCN)

Project Name: Wound and Ostomy Clinic to be run at Kathmandu, Nepal.

Vision: The vision of Wound and Ostomy Care Nepal is to improve quality of life of patients having stoma and different types of wounds with focus on pre operative counseling, stoma marking and lifestyle after ostomy surgery.

Mission: WOCN is a Clinic, hospital and home based non-governmental and non-profit organization which believes appropriate wound and ostomy care a patient's right and strives to provide basic wound and ostomy care services through a clinic, hospital and home setting in order to improve the quality of life of patients with ostomy and chronic wound.


Objectives:
· Provide pre operative counseling to the patients who undergo ostomy surgery.
· Mark the stoma site preoperatively this will help to minimize post operative complications.
· Provide post operative ostomy care e.g., assessment of stoma, selection of appropriate ostomy appliances.
· Provide information on diet, clothing, sports, sexuality and other aspects of life after ostomy surgery.
· Develop the system of regular follow up and complications management through wound and ostomy care specialist and attending doctors.
· Create awareness about the importance of wound and ostomy care among the nurses, patients and care givers.
· Manage the wounds (pressure ulcer, wound dehiscence, diabetic foot ulcer, and venous ulcer) and fistulas from clinic, hospital and home setting.
· Train the nurses working at surgical departments of different hospitals.