00:00Thanks for joining us Justine. Where are you at the moment?
00:05So Chloe, I'm currently outside Damarant Valley Hospital in Dartford
00:09where one of the many foreign nationals who are still missing in Nepal works
00:14and that is Sarada Simkada who works here as a senior nurse.
00:19One of her childhood friends Rajendra Pudasani told The Times
00:22that Miss Simkada had gone to Nepal on Saturday last week.
00:26She's gone to take part in a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash
00:29which is a mountain of great importance to Hindus.
00:33Earlier I spoke to Sharmila Nepal who's an executive committee member
00:37of the Dartford Nepalese community and a friend of Miss Simkada.
00:42She told me that she's like a sister to her and that she's a very hardworking nurse.
00:48Physically I'm okay but emotionally I'm just blast out.
00:53There is no urge.
00:55I have to I just say I have to be strong for them here.
00:58I'm helpless physically now.
01:00I can't go there.
01:01I can't be with them but I'm so helpless but I'm working now as a person here.
01:07So yeah there is there is no emotion I guess.
01:10I don't know.
01:10I don't know how to say how to say that or so I don't have any word for that for
01:15it.
01:15So I can't describe how I'm feeling.
01:18And what's been the latest update we've got from Nepal?
01:24So we know that hundreds have been killed in Nepal and this was due to flash floods
01:30that occurred on Wednesday morning and they destroyed parts of the Himalayan region.
01:34What happened was a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border caused a huge surge of mud
01:40and debris to go down the mountains destroying everything in its path including buildings,
01:46roads and vehicles and hundreds of people are still missing.
01:51We've seen some of these social posts from family and friends of Simkada.
01:56Can you tell me a little bit about that?
02:00Yes there's been an outpouring of well wishes for Ms Simkada on social media and one post
02:06from her brother Shambu Simkada said my dear sister wherever you are please stay strong.
02:12We are praying for your safety every moment and waiting desperately for you to return home.
02:17It's clear that the Nepalese community here in Dartford are distraught and are working
02:22together to coordinate a response to the disaster in Nepal.
02:26They're planning to hold a vigil at some point but at the moment they're just waiting for some good news.
02:33Thank you Jussie.
