17/11/2025
“I didn’t think I would survive. I’m deeply grateful to the health post team and the telehealth doctor. Without this service I would have surely died. In the past, we relied on dhami and jhakri (traditional healers) but this telehealth service saved my life. Thank you to the health staff and Action for Nepal for making it possible.” — Rajan, a telehealth patient.
Telehealth is breaking down barriers to healthcare in remote Nepal, removing financial obstacles, improving diagnosis, reducing costly travel and giving rural health workers real-time support from specialists.
Last year, the Australian Himalayan Foundation and our partners Action for Nepal and ASK Foundation Nepal piloted telehealth in Waku, Chheskam and Taksindu in lower Solukhumbu. For 74-year-old Rajan, it made the urgent care he needed possible.
When he collapsed at home, health workers at his nearest health post quickly connected with a specialist doctor in Kathmandu. Together, they diagnosed a stroke and walked through the crucial steps to stabilise and ready him for an urgent transfer for surgery - saving his life.
Three months later, Rajan returned to the health post smiling, grateful and proud of his recovery.
Stories like Rajan’s show how telehealth can bridge the gap between isolated communities and life-saving medical care and underscore why AHF is now expanding this program to even more wards and districts.
AHF's health programs (in Nepal) are supported by our generous donors and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's
*Rajan’s name has been changed to protect his privacy.
