16/02/2026
Dedicated to
Today, we want to share the story of 14-year-old Kamala Kumari from Kailali, in two parts.
Part I
Kamala is a bright and hardworking student studying in Grade 8. But life has never been easy for her. Because of her family’s condition, she not only focuses on her studies but also carries the responsibility of her home.
On her days off, she takes her four goats to graze near the jungle.
Last year, while she was in the jungle, she fell down.
She thought it was just a small accident… something that would heal on its own.
She never imagined that this “minor fall” would completely change her life.
After a month, Kamala began to feel severe pain. Her leg started swelling. Her family rushed her to the nearest health post. An X-ray was done, and she was advised to take medicine. They believed it was only fluid trapped due to injury and assured her it would go away.
But it didn’t.
Within days, the pain became unbearable.
She was taken to the district hospital in Dhangadhi. Once again, after seeing the same X-ray, doctors suggested surgery to “remove the water.”
But Kamala’s reality was already fragile.
Her father was working far away in Punjab, India.
Her mother had passed away when Kamala and her sister were still very small.
With no other option, her father asked her to come to Punjab for treatment. In Punjab, Kamala was finally diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer. Doctors advised her to go to a higher facility immediately.
From hospital to hospital, city to city… her family kept searching for hope. But everywhere they went, they heard the same painful words:
“Amputation is the only option.”
She returned to Nepal with a heart full of fear and only a small hope left. Someone suggested Lucknow, saying maybe her leg could be saved there.
They went.
But again…
The same answer.
By this time, they had already lost so much —
money, time, strength, and hope.
And for osteosarcoma, time is everything. But no one told them that.
Finally, Kamala reached Bharatpur Cancer Hospital in Nepal, where she underwent chemotherapy and amputation.
Even then, her suffering did not end.
Because of financial hardship, she could not complete her full chemotherapy cycles.
Her sister, who was working in India, had to stop.
Her father had to leave his job to stay in Nepal for her treatment.
Now, back home, the family has no stable income.
No job. No support. Only survival.
Today, Nepal has one of the best teams working for osteosarcoma.
And yet, many Nepali families are still forced to wander across borders, searching for care, losing precious time… and losing limbs… simply because they were not referred in time.
If Kamala had been sent to Kathmandu earlier,
not only could her family have saved their time and money…
we might have been able to save her leg too.