The couple had planned a trip to Nepal to attend the wedding of Dr Singh's brother.

A week before flying to Nepal the Gorkha earthquake hit region.

Instead of delaying their trip they decided to travel to Nepal with medical supplies to assist the community and to attend a smaller version of the wedding.

"A lot of the villages surrounding Kathmandu had already transported the injured and seriously ill to hospital," explained Dr Singh.

"Our efforts turned to supplying food and shelter."

According to Dr Singh who is originally from Nepal, the worst hit areas were those at the epicentre of the earthquake, around 18km from Kathmandu.

These remote villages are mainly accessible by helicopters and need more sophisticated organisations like the Red Cross and the Nepalese Army to deliver aid.

Within the capital Kathmandu Dr Singh found conditions better than expected, judging by news they had seen in Australia.

She was still saddened and shocked to see a number of homes, old monuments and heritage buildings in the capital had been destroyed.

"Some houses and building remained alright, this could be due to construction or the type of ground they were built on," she explained.

While travelling in Nepal the couple did experience a major aftershock with a moment magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter Scale.

They were travelling in a car, had to stop and watched as houses shook and people rushed around the streets.

Upon leaving Nepal the couple donated the remainder of the medical supplies to hospitals.

In terms of assisting the situation, Dr Singh urges "people to find the right channel to donate to as it is important to find out how the money is being organised and distributed. As in, will it go straight to the victims or can it assist in building reconstruction?"

Locals doctors to help in Nepal