The Roy A Kite Clinic

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The Roy A. Kite Memorial Clinic & Health Center

Leh, Ladakh – India

The Roy A. Kite Jr Memorial Clinic

Plans for the Roy A. Kite Jr memorial clinic and ward are well under way
Funds that were donated by family members and admirers of Roy Kite Jr have been utilized to purchase building materials so that we could proceed with actual construction during the summer of 2011
Working floor plan lay-outs are now finalized after taking into account advice from doctors, dentists and surgeons who have come to Ladakh as volunteers in previous years
The objective is build a functional, self-sufficient facility utilizing a hybrid of local, traditional materials and state-of-the-art medical and dental and vision health care equipment
Countless people will benefit from the medical/dental care that will be offered to all patients free of charge upon completion in August 2012

Roy A. Kite Jr. Memorial Clinic & Ward location
Lamdon School-Leh, Ladakh

Currently the only dental / medical facility on campus is a small first-aid and dental clinic staffed by the dedicated nurse Yangchan Dolma. The new clinic and ward facility will greatly enhance her ability to offer dental & medical care to the 1,800 students of the school.

Ground Breaking and Blessing ceremony

The ground breaking and blessing ceremony took place on June 17, 2011
Several thousand people came to Lamdon School to welcome the young reincarnate lama Bhakula Rimpoche to the campus
It was a very auspicious occasion to have His Holiness bless and perform the ground breaking ceremonies for the Roy A Kite Jr memorial clinic

His Holiness Bhakula Rimpoche performing the ground breaking and blessing rituals for the Roy A Kite memorial Clinic at Lamdon School

Rituals complete

Beginning of construction

At the conclusion of the ceremony, work immediately began at the splendid location of the clinic

Ground Breaking

South Facing Design

Natural light/warmth & spectacular view

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Fully functional humanitarian health care
for the people of Ladakh.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama
blessing the Lamdon Clinic

The Lamdon Clinic now serves as "Basecamp" for our ambitious goal of bringing world class dental, vision and women's health care to the people of Ladakh. Not only will we continue to offer cost free treatments for all who come to our doors, but we will now also be sending mobile screening teams of medical professionals to drive or hike to the remotest villages and settlements in the Indus, Nubra and Zanskar Valley regions of Ladakh to educate, examine and if necessary transport patients who need treatment and rehabilitation back to our main clinic complex in Leh.
We draw our guidance from the compassionate inspiration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama who advocates doing all that is possible for those needlessly suffering or deprived of their basic human right of adequate medical care regardless of their religious loyalties, gender, citizenship or financial means.
We were greatly honored when His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to our clinic in 2012 and blessed it's capabilities and aspirations.

Coverage shown on Tibet Television network of His Holiness blessing the Lamdon Clinic

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