American Nepal Medical Association posts regular updates on the field disaster relief work in pictures and texts.
Dr. Mahabir Pun wrote: “Just to give you an idea of how big the damage is, I have given the summary of the damage as follows. They are still collecting more information.” Source: Nepal Government website
No. of Nepali people died – 8,604
No. of people injured – 16,808
No. of foreigners died/injured – 70/50
No. of foreigners missing – 111
No. Government buildings fully destroyed – 768
No. of houses fully destroyed–488,789
No. of houses partially destroyed – 267,477
No. of schools fully destroyed – 14,192
No. of schools partially damaged – 8,431
No. of health post and hospital destroyed – 269
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