Rajbhandari Bibek, Phuyal Naveen, Shrestha Bikal, Thapa Moon
Department of Emergency and General Practice, Nepal Police Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2020 Feb;58(222):125-133. doi: 10.31729/jnma.4857.
In December 2019, the world was disrupted by the news of a new strain of virus known as Novel Corona virus, taking lives of many in China. Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province is said to be the place where the outbreak started. The city went on a lockdown as the disease spread rapidly. After the lockdown, most countries like India and Bangladesh airlifted their citizens who were studying in Wuhan. Similarly, Nepal also has many youth studying medicine in Wuhan. Pleas for help from the students reached the government. This was a first encounter of such experience for Nepal government. With the help of Health Emergency Organizing committee, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Nepal Army Hospital, Nepal Police Hospital, Waste Management team, Nepal Ambulance service, Tribhuwan Airport and Royal Airlines the government of Nepal planned, organized and successfully brought back all the 175 students on 15 the February, 2019 from Wuhan, China. The aim of the present article is to share the experience, the challenges faced and recommendations for future similar cases. Keywords: evacuation; Nepal; Novel Corona virus; Wuhan.
2019年12月，一种名为新型冠状病毒的新毒株的消息扰乱了世界，在中国导致许多人丧生。中国中部湖北省省会武汉据说是疫情爆发的源头。随着疾病迅速传播，这座城市实施了封锁。封锁之后，像印度和孟加拉国这样的大多数国家撤离了在武汉学习的本国公民。同样，尼泊尔也有许多青年在武汉学习医学。学生们向政府求助。这对尼泊尔政府来说是首次遇到这样的情况。在卫生应急组织委员会、流行病学与疾病控制司、尼泊尔陆军医院、尼泊尔警察医院、废物管理团队、尼泊尔救护车服务、特里布万机场和皇家航空公司的帮助下，尼泊尔政府于2020年2月15日计划、组织并成功从中国武汉接回了所有175名学生。本文的目的是分享此次经历、所面临的挑战以及对未来类似情况的建议。关键词：撤离；尼泊尔；新型冠状病毒；武汉。
