There’s Nepal I won’t know about nursing

NOT just nursing an idea . . . Alex Sager is travelling to Nepal for six-weeks

Student’s aid mission could prove her most vital lesson
A KIND-HEARTED nursing hopeful is counting down to the trip of a lifetime in a bid to help poverty-stricken patients.

Alex Sager (20) will fly to Nepal for a six-week placement in September.

It’s a vocational calling the former Crompton House pupil has always hoped to answer.

The second-year adult nursing student at the University of Salford said: “I’ve always wanted to help people worse off than myself, especially at the moment when people over here are just blaming budget cuts and grumbling.

“It’s going back to basics to appreciate what we have.

“Simple things such as nurses wearing surgical gloves once here — over there they can be used for six or seven patients.

“I hope it will really add to my patient care when I come home.”

The south Asian country is one of the poorest in the world, with almost half the population living below the poverty line.

Alex, of Fir Lane, Royton, will travel to the city of Pokhara and will be right in the thick of it, learning her trade alongside hospital staff.

She added: “I went into nursing because I wanted to change someone’s life, if I only do it once in 50 years I don’t care.

“It will be a shock, I’ve lived a sheltered life and never really done anything on my own but I’m hoping it will broaden my horizons.”

The caring student is now juggling a placement at the Royal Oldham Hospital with a part-time job at Asda, all the while trying to teach herself the basics of Nepalese.

Alex is now appealing for help in funding the mission — set to cost over £3,500.

The university affords her a grant of £500, and Oldham Lyceum is donating one night’s ticket sales profits to the cause.

Alex has been selling bags of chocolate and has since written to local businesses and rotary clubs for sponsorship help.

If you think you can help, contact Alex by emailing alexsager@msn.com.