Implementing Diagnostic Imaging Services in a Rural Setting of Extreme Poverty: Five Years of X-ray and Ultrasound Service Delivery in Achham, Nepal

Introduction: Diagnostic radiology services are severely lacking in many rural settings and the implementation of these services poses complex challenges. The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of diagnostic radiology services at a district-level hospital in Achham, a rural dist...

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Main Authors: Malina Filkins, Scott Halliday, Brock Daniels, Roshan Bista, Sudan Thapa, Ryan Schwarz, Dan Schwarz, Bikash Gauchan, Duncan Maru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UMass Chan Medical School 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Global Radiology
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Online Access:http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jgr/vol1/iss1/2