With our partner hospital in Kathmandu delivers an average of 100 babies per day, there'll never be a quiet moment on your placement! The hospital also houses labour wards, postnatal wards and post-op wards, all of which you can work in. You’ll soon find there's never a dull moment outside the hospital either - the majestic Himalayan mountains lay just outside the city, as does the opportunity to go white water rafting, bungee jumping, and paragliding. Read what our students think below!
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Keele University 2019
"The biggest difference between healthcare in my county and in Kathmandu was the lack of resources and equipment."
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Australian Catholic University 2019
"Doctors put almost every labouring woman on a drug that helps contractions, even if they were already contracting well naturally."
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Birmingham City University 2018
"In the first week, I experienced high risk care on the labour ward... Some things were shocking but I learnt so much".
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Australian Catholic University 2018
If you’re unsure, don’t be. Just do it — you won’t regret it.
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University of East Anglia 2015
"The student midwives we worked with took us out to go sight-seeing".
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De Montfort University 2015
"With the large numbers of births in Nepal, you definitely get variation".
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Professional Placement 2014
Throughout our placement, we were privileged to work with doctors, nurses, student nurses and skilled birth attendants
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