Nepal’s health system lags in prosthetics and orthotics. But this man is changing the scene

Perhaps because his both parents were in the health sector, Amit Ratna Bajracharya, as a child, would always say he wanted to work in the same sector. While Bajracharya today is happy that the aim has been successfully met by now, he says the area that he works in today is nowhere in his distant imagination during those days.

Bajracharya, who claims to be the only professional who holds a master’s degree in prosthetics in Nepal, says he is proud to have contributed to developing prosthetics and orthotics, the treatment of injured people by applying artificial external body parts (assistive devices) such as arms and hands, legs and feet. At the same time, he is sad that the sector still sees a severe crisis in terms of interest, investment and human resources.