Screening team, volunteers and students with the Heart Screening of School Children banner at Bajrabarahi, Lalitpur

Heart screening reaches 850 students in Bajrabarahi, Chapagaun

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On Wednesday, 28 October 2026 (11 Kartik 2083), 850 students were screened for heart disease at Bajrabarahi, Godawari-11 (Chapagaun), Lalitpur. The camp was part of the END RHD Campaign, Nepal.

The Rotary Club of Patan worked with Nepal Heart Foundation, KIOCH and a visiting team from the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation on the camp.

Student volunteers receive sashes as students line up for heart screening at Bajrabarahi
Student volunteers help organise the screening, Bajrabarahi, 28 October 2026.

What the screening found

  • 850 students screened
  • 12 abnormal cases found: 2 with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and 10 with congenital heart disease (CHD)
Students queue for heart screening with Nepal Heart Foundation volunteers at Bajrabarahi
Students line up for screening with Nepal Heart Foundation volunteers.

Why school screening matters

Rheumatic heart disease often starts in childhood after untreated strep throat. It can develop without obvious symptoms. Finding it early lets children receive simple, low-cost treatment before the heart valves are permanently damaged.

Part of our continuing heart-health work

This camp continues our long partnership with Nepal Heart Foundation, which includes the screening of 25,811 children under Global Grant GG2347069. A further screening camp followed in Pokhara from 29 to 31 October 2026.

We thank the participating schools, teachers, parents and children, and the medical and volunteer teams who made the day possible.

Read about the Pokhara camp · Explore our heart-health work

Source: report by Rtn. Prakash R. Regmi, Health Coordinator, 31 October 2026. Photos: Bajrabarahi screening album.