Jumla, March 19 -- Sakshi Gupta, from Jammu and Kashmir, India, is a third-year MBBS student at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) Teaching Hospital in Jumla. She says she is excited about the opportunity to pursue her medical degree in this remote mountain district. Having met all the criteria set by the Medical Education Commission, Gupta notes that she is gaining invaluable insight into the healthcare challenges of rural Nepal.

"We once heard that Karnali was a place that had to send its patients elsewhere for treatment," she said. "Now, it is producing doctors who are contributing to solving health problems in urban areas as well."

Joining her in Jumla are two more Indian students-Kasturi Singh from Madhya Pradesh and Kar...