Highest Australian award for helping Nepali patients.

Dr Graeme Alistair Clugston has been awarded with the "Order of Australia", the highest civilian award given by the Australian government, for his outstanding services to global health and to people with leprosy in Nepal. Dr Clugston first went to Nepal in early 1970s and is again back in the country, this time helping patients in Dhanusha. He spoke to SBS Nepali about his work in Nepal.

Dr Graeme Alistair Clugston (centre) with his team at Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital, Dhanusha district, Janakpur Nepal. Source: Nepal-leprosy