A Nepalese village gets its first doctor

By Tamsin Rutter. A graduating student from Manchester Medical School prepares to return home to become his village's first doctor. A son of yak farmers is to be the first ever doctor in his rural village in Nepal after graduating from Manchester Medical School this week. Kanchha Sherpa, 27, will now return home to Melamchighyang, where the 1,500 local people are served only by a midwife and have to trek several hours to the capital city of Kathmandu for medical treatment. Read more...