“Dipa lives with her son and daughter-in-law who tend to the farm to keep the family going,” says our medical partner, Possible. After a bad fall, the 65-year-old woman from Nepal was recently accompanied by her grandson to Possible’s clinic.
“Dipa fell off the stairs in her house and ended up fracturing her left wrist,” Possible tells us. “She has been in pain since and the area of injury has swollen too.”
$579 covers the cost of Dipa’s orthopedic surgery to treat her wrist fracture. Dipa will receive an open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) operation to reset her broken bones and place them into position using metal rods and screws. This two-step procedure will allow her bones to heal in their normal position without complications.
Following surgery, Dipa will remain in the hospital for an additional four days, where she will receive several sessions of physiotherapy.
“Joints hurt in old age anyway and now I have a fracture," Dipa shares. "I just want to go back home and rest."