FREE EYE SURGERIES, CUBANS IN THE SOUTHWEST
(Haiti Libre) -
The Ophthalmology unit, "Operation Miracle", which was previously stationed in Gonaives, was moved by helicopter to Jérémie to the Saint-Antoine Hospital, in the department of Grand Anse [Haiti's southwest ], to serve a predominantly rural population of 425,000 inhabitants.
The surgical unit also has a clinical laboratory, and optometry instruments. The operating room was established by Cuban specialists in under four hours, and will be in service next Monday.
Dr. Jorge Casas, Head of the Department of Grand'Anse for the Cuban medical brigade, stressed the importance for low-income people to obtain free eye care. "We stay for three months in each department and try to assist and cover all the needs of people who come to the eye clinic, as well as cases in remote areas, with mobile clinics conducted on the weekend."
During this period, the team will provide assistance in the region where there are many patients, and an abundance of glaucoma and corneal foreign bodies. The eye surgeons, believe they will do an average of 75 surgeries per week of cataract and pterygium, the diseases most commonly encountered.
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