KATHMANDU: Jaula Devi Budha, 40, of Bajura's Tribeni Municipality had gone to Bharatpur Cancer Hospital of Chitwan for her treatment. At the hospital, she was told that she needed steel to be installed in her right leg, but it turned out that she couldn't afford the installation.
Desperate, Jaula Devi called Prakash Singh, seeking help. She was told to manage Rs 550,000 for the treatment, which she couldn't manage. The journalist rescued the woman and took her to Kathmandu.
Thanks to the collaboration with Badimalika Foundation Nepal and Medical Rehabilitation Organization, she is now undergoing treatment at Kist Medical College. In another case, Omu Mijar, 12, of Bajura's Badimalika Municipality-5 was battling for his life. Having been diagnosed as having a stone in his urinary bladder, he was referred by the district hospital to a better health facility for a surgery to extract the stone. But his treatment couldn't happen for a long time as the family didn't have any funds to take the child to a better health facility out of the district and afford the treatment.
Thanks to Prakash, who, upon learning the plight of the orphaned child, brought to Kathmandu. He returned home later, cured. Yet in another case, Lal Damai of Bajhang, Talkot-5 suffered from a condition called clubbed foot. No one in his own family knew that the condition could be treated.
Upon learning the plight of the five-year-old, Prakash, by collaborating with HRDC Banepa, brought him to Kathmandu. His treatment is undergoing now and it's expected to take five months for him to be cured. These are a few cases to name. Prakash has indeed saved many lives and rescued many stranded children, not only from Bajura but different other places as well.
Prakash had started his journalistic career with The Himalayan Times around 14 years ago from his own village. Over the years, while he has evolved in his career as journalist, he has also dedicated himself to philanthropy. So far, he has rescued 131 stranded children, while he is also helping in the education of 10 depraved kids across the country. While Bayalpata Hospital and District Hospital of Bajura remember Prakash for the treatment of stranded patients, even the local levels turn to Prakash when there is anyone stranded or patients who are in need of treatment but cannot afford the cost.
"With a background as a health worker, he (Prakash) has provided millions of rupees worth of assistance to dozens of people in Bajura by carrying news about them and thus raising funds for them," said a civil society leader Dayaram Pandit. "I prioritize the rescue of those who are in difficulty and need help," said the journalist.
Federation of Nepalese Journalists Bajura chapter's former chairperson, Prakash has donated 86,000 rupees that he accrued as meeting allowance over the past four years to the needy.
