University of Texas Medical Branch doctors helping Nepal earthquake victims








Four doctors from the University of Texas Medical Branch landed in Nepal minutes before the earthquake hit Saturday. The doctors were on a medical mission trip.
According to a press release from UTMB, the trip was intended as "one part personal challenge, one part medical mission."
"The journey will last nearly three weeks and encompass 12 days of trekking along a route to Mount Everest," the UTMB release said. "The team hopes to run ENT clinics at various locations, including at Everest Base Camp."
UTMB heard of the earthquake and didn't know the doctors were alive and safe until Dr. Harold Pine notified them by email and posted to Facebook.
"Five minutes after walking into the Kathmandu airport there was a 7.8 earthquake epicentered right under us. This was more powerful than the one that hit Haiti. Good thing I have my otoscope," Pine wrote on his Facebook page.
Photos show the entire team -- Pine, Dr. Dayton Young, Dr. Lemuel Aigbivbalu and Dr. Ben McIntire -- made it safe and are delivering basic aid.
"This is great training for learning how to be more focused. There is some French guy here who lost his Nepalese wife. He is in shock. He lost his passport too," Pine wrote.
Without much access to notify their own loved ones, Pine explained on Facebook that they've partnered with doctors at B&B Hospital and at times have nothing more than a park bench when performing diagnostics.
Pine insists their spirits are high despite the tragedy.
"There was quite the traffic jam at the fork that leads to India. People were piling on anywhere just to get out of Nepal. With some patience, we have made it! We finally may have some time to have our official team welcome dinner. I have a nasty cough but otherwise feel good," he wrote.
UTMB said the doctors are expected to return May 11.

Source - click2houston.com

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