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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