Lubina's Journey - from earthquake victim to treatment

  Lubina is seven years-old. She was caught by falling rubble when last week's earthquake hit Nepal. Her legs and pelvis were crushed and fractured.   During a post-earthquake inspection of local schools for Splash (www.splash.org), Ritesh Adah found Lubina and her parents in a classroom where they'd been staying since the earthquake. Lubina had received very basic medical attention but despite her severe injuries, local hospitals did not have the capacity to treat her more fully for at least a week. Breaks to both legs can be seen in her x-ray.   The following day, when I accompanied Ritesh to document the damage done to Splash installations in Kathmandu, he took me to the school where Lubina and her family were staying. Lubina was sleeping most of the time.   But when she woke, the effect of the pain...

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