Chet Bhatta is 23 years old, and just graduated from Pulchok Engineering College, near Kathmandu, Nepal. When he returned home to Dadeldhura, Nepal, he got a job as a professor at a local technical college.



After about six weeks on his new job, one day while teaching he developed a headache, sat on a chair and passed out. Chet was rushed by ambulance, five hours over mountainous terrain, to a hospital in Dhangadi, Nepal, that had a CT scan. He was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage, and they advised him to go to the closest large hospital in India for surgery.



After another five hour cross-country trip in an ambulance, Chet arrived and was admitted to Medicare Hospital in Rudrapur, India, where he had surgery to remove a large brain clot.



He was put on a ventilator and was in ICU for seven days before he was transferred to a step-down unit, but he had trouble breathing, and had to have a tracheostomy. He then returned to ICU for a few days.



Chet has had a difficult recovery, and he has been in and out of ICU several times over the past 21 days.



Currently he is again in the step-down unit, off the ventilator, has regained consciousness, and he has minimal movement of his extremities.



On day 25 he was able to sit in a wheelchair and drink half a glass of juice, a huge victory for him.



The plan now is, as he stabilizes, to transfer him to Kathmandu, Nepal for rehab.



It is going to be a long journey for Chet.



I am Dawn Bove, and I have been visiting Nepal every year of Chet's life since he was 10 years old. He basically grew up with his aunt and uncle, who run Manna Bakery in Dadeldhura. I am his American aunty.



Chet's own parents are poor villagers with no income, and his aunt and uncle run the bakery and have very limited resources.



Chet needs at least $25,000 USD to cover his various surgeries, procedures, ICU, step-down costs, and further rehab. He has no health care insurance.



Your generosity is appreciated to help Chet and his family through this crisis. Thank you.





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