Radiological Care in Nepal Boosted by ACRF Earthquake Relief Aid

The ACRF (Reston, VA, USA) contribution to RAD-AID (Chevy Chase, MD, USA) is being used to help create a radiology fellowship program at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (Kathmandu, Nepal), and is the first medical specialty fellowship program in Nepal. The contribution will also be used to support radiation safety training, assessment, protocol revisions, and to train to Nepalese faculty, residents, staff, and fellows in the use of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

The ACRF promotes radiology by soliciting, accepting and managing resources to advance the strategic initiatives of the American College of Radiology (ACR), which was founded in 1924 to advance the radiological care practice, science, and professions.

Howard B. Fleishon, chair of the ACR Foundation Executive Committee, said, “The ACRF Emergency Relief Fund was established to provide direct, urgent support to those facing natural or man-made disasters. We understood the human dimensions of the catastrophe in Nepal and wanted to help the country’s efforts to rebuild and advance its imaging resources.”

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