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The health care problems of the 8,000 nomads in the Zadoh region of Eastern Tibet are poverty-related. They include:
  • Tuberculosis
  • Glaucoma
  • Heart disease
  • Kidney and bladder stones
  • Gall bladder and stomach upset
  • Rheumatism and arthritis
  • Death of 30% of newborns
  • Death for many young babies die from diarrhoea and dehydration
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Jamseng Health Care Center

Health care for nomads in Eastern Tibet

September 2010

BODHI has decided to tranfser the US$5000 donated for the establishment of the Tashi Lhapug Health Care Centre to the Jamseng Health Care Centre. Both are in Eastern Tibet. The former is no longer proceeding. Conrad Richter of Gaden Relief Projects in Canada explains:

'Government policies designed to encourage nomads to settle in towns and cities are having a dramatic effect on life in rural Tibet. The shift in population is forcing some rural institutions that serve the nomad population to follow the people and move to urban centres. As demand for services decline, Gaden Relief's rural Jamseng Health Clinic at Yol Nin Gar in Eastern Tibet will move to Zadoh City where many nomads are moving to. Plans for a second Gaden Relief clinic at Tashi Lhapug had to be shelved as nomads leave that area and move to Zadoh City. Even the monastery at Tashi Lhapug – one which has been in the area for hundreds of years – is considering splitting, with half the monks moving to Zadoh City to be close to the newly settled nomads.

'Soon after the decision to move the Jamseng clinic was made, a devastating earthquake hit the Eastern Tibetan city of Yushu in April. Many people in Yushu lost their homes and have moved to Zadoh City. The effects of both the settlement program and the earthquake have put heavy strains on the health care system in Zadoh, where the great need for health services has heightened the need for the move of Jamseng to the city. Work is hampered by the continued difficulties in getting to the area. The government has restricted access of foreign organizations to Yushu and surrounding areas, including Zadoh. Still, the directors of Gaden Relief remain committed to carrying out plans to move the Jamseng Health Clinic in the coming months.'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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