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The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital visited Mandalay for the fourth time last week to help people with eyesight problems and to train ophthalmologists in the latest developments in sight-saving technology.

The international humanitarian mission arrived in Mandalay last week at the invitation of the Ministry of Health and Sports and with the help of Alcon Foundation, a US-based charity. 

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is a DC-10 jet airliner that contains a state-of-the-art teaching facility, operating room, classroom and recovery room to treat patients with eyesight problems and teach local doctors in the places it visits. The flying hospital has been in operation since 1982. 

Since it landed in Mandalay on Wednesday, eye experts have been treating people with eyesight problems in Mandalay and providing hands-on training to local eye doctors. Their work in Mandalay will continue for about two weeks. 

This is the 10th time that the Orbis has visited Myanmar and the fourth time it has visited Mandalay, the Hong Kong-based group said in a statement. 

“It last visited Myanmar in 2008,” said Dr Yee Yee Aung, head of Yangon Eye Hospital’s Department of Ophthalmology. “This is very good, and attracts ophthalmologists from across the country, not only doctors from Mandalay Eye Hospital.” 

International eye experts aboard the hospital share their skills and knowledge of different eye diseases, such as strabismus treatment for children, cataracts, corneal diseases, glaucoma, eyelid and tear gland diseases, and retinal diseases. 

“Four or five patients are treated a day. We’ve already studied the patients’ histories for two months and choose those that can be cured with simple procedures,” Dr Yee Yee Aung said.

The government prioritised the prevention of blindness in its five-year National Eye Health Plan 2017-2021. Cataracts account for 60 percent of blindness in Myanmar.  – Translated


Ref: www.mmtimes.com