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मसंग थोरै पैसा छ ( I have less money)

Two middle aged couple with their somber faces came to Okhaldhunga Community hospital. They look like they are from lower class family. They have one small daughter aged 8 years who had some cloths wrapped around her right arm. They came from extreme part of Solukhumbu walking on foot for 5 days. I am very much surprised that people come on foot to this hospital very far from here. This child has fall injury over her right arm and it was deformed. She underwent x-ray and found to have shaft of humerus fracture (bone of arm) which is partially displaced. She was planned for hanging cast. Father said to us, ‘ Ma sanga thorai paisa chha, chhori ko upachaarko lagi pudaina ki ? (I have less money, maybe it’s not enough for treating my daughter.)’ One of us asked, 'how much do you have?' Reluctantly, he looked at us, ‘Just twenty thousands.’ 'Twenty thousands…! One thousand is quite enough…!' Our paramedics said. The Couple surprisingl