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Orbis flying eye hospital is among projects on eye care funded thenon-governmental organisation in the central province of Thua Thien Hue
Theproject, carried out from early 2015, has a total investment of 4.8billion VND (225,600 USD), of which Orbis funded over 4.4 billion VND(210,000 USD).
The project will train 160 doctors and 70orderlies through seminars and sharing of experiences. Around 15engineers and technicians will also take part in training courses tolearn how to maintain and operate modern ophthalmology equipment.
Around140 patients will be provided with vision screening, diagnosis andtreatment guidelines while some 60 patients will receive surgeries andtreatment to regain their eyesight.
Earlier, Orbis decided tofund a project worth 22.6 billion VND (1.06 million USD) providing eyecare services for children in the northern central provinces of Vietnam,which will be carried out from now till June 2018 at the Hue Eye andHue Central Hospitals. It aims to reduce the rate of blindness andvision impairment among children in the localities by increasingchildren’s access to eye care services at the two hospitals in Hue.
Founded in 1982, Orbis International is an international non-profit,non-governmental organisation dedicated to preserving eye sightworldwide. It implemented its first hospital-based programme in Vietnamin 1997.-VNA
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