• New project in Oeganda

    17 February 2012 – In Oeganda Eye Care Foundation had started a new project. The Eye Care  team from the  Lira Region Referral Hospital visits regulary a number of  healthposts which are situated in remoted areas. Inhabitants will learn about these visits via chiefs, volunteer workers, churches, radio and megafone.  A lot of patients profit of this programma and for most of them it is the only way recieve eye care.

  • Excellent medical successes says The Health and Life Newspaper, MOH Vietnam

    13 January 2012 – Success in lamellar keratoplasty: For the very first time in Vietnam, the Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty and Endothelium Keratoplasty (DSAEK) technique was carried out successfully on 7 patients by Surgeons in Department of Corneal and External Diseases, Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology, in 2011. In the past, these patients were operated by penetrating keratoplasty technique (PKP- the full corneal thickness is replaced by a good one). The disadvantages of PKP are open eye globe, high risk of rejection and shorter graft survival time. Lamellar keratoplasty technique (selected graft) reduces the disadvantages of PKP; visual acuity recovery is quicker and longer than PKP. Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology continues to complete this technique’s procedure, such as indication, surgery, postoperative care, follow-up). This procedure will be submitted to Ministry of Health to approve. After that, it can be applied in other hospitals countrywide.  (article in the special version on TET 2012, in The Health and Life newspaper, Ministry of Health, Vietnam)   Our country representative Vietnam, mr. Huynh Ba Huy, says: ‘’Thanks to the support from Eye Care Foundation the Vietnamese corneal surgeon, dr. Dong, was trained last year in Rotterdam Eye Hospital (The Netherlands) in this new technique DSAEK.’

  • New medical adviser for Nepal

    12 January 2012 – Starting this year Eye Care Foundation has a new medical advisor for her projects in Nepal. Coen Hiemstra is currently working for the Eye Hospital in Rotterdam and is looking forward to his work for our organisation. Coen: ‘In September 2009 I visited the Himalaya Eye Hospital in Pokhara and I was lucky to join an Eye camp in Jumla with dr Indraman.Nepal made a great impression on me. On the one side the beauty of the country, on the other side the severe eye pathology and harsh living conditions around Jumla. I will do my best to contribute to improve the eye care in Nepal.’

  • Vietnamese students in Malaysia with our help

    11 January 2012 –

    Nguyen Ho Ngoc Anh, Tran Kim Ngan, Nguyen Huyen Trang and Pham Phuong Nga

    The four students who are studying for their Optometry Master in Malaysia, and who are supported by Eye Care Foundation, finished the 1st semester quite well! After a short break they just came back for the 2nd semester. They are very excited and thankfull to be able to study in Malaysia.                                 

     

  • Students start Optometry Master in Malaysia

    15 September 2011 – 4 Vietnamese students started this month with a 4-year bachelor study optometry in Malaysia. 2 Female students reside from Hanoi and the other 2 from Saigon. When they finish in 2015 they will join the training centre for optometry in Hanoi and Saigon, two centers currently supported by Eye Care Foundation.