New Eye Clinic For 10,000 Patients Per Year In Ethiopia
Many of the 1.2 million blind people can be treated
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- During the inauguration ceremony of Debre Markos Secondary Eye Unit, 10 February 2007. Guests of honour (f .l .t .r .): H. E. Dr. Claas Knoop, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and his wife; Dr. Asrat Genet, Head of ANRS Health Bureau; Martin Georgi, Director of CBM Germany; H. E. Dr. Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health; Francis Tusubira, District Governor of Rotary Club. © CBM
In February, CBM inaugurated a new eye clinic in Debre Markos, Ethiopia. Over 1.2 million people in Ehtiopia are blind due to poverty-related diseases, malnutrition, poor access to clean water and medical services, informed Martin Georgi, Executive Director of CBM Germany, who took part in the inauguration ceremony. The hospital costs of 170,000 Euro were provided by the German Rotary Club Stiftland and CBM.
The newly built eye clinic in Amhara National Regional State, will provide eye services to up to 10,000 people annually free of charge. The modernly equipped clinic is the newest of five other eye clinics built by CBM in four regions in Ethiopia.
The inauguration was attended by Dr. Kebede Worku, the Ethiopian State Minister of Health, who said "It is not possible to reach the intended goals single-handed; targets set in the health sector development programme can be attained in partnership with the participation of development partners and stakeholders. This is exactly what is being done by CBM. By constructing and equipping such units, we are improving accessibility of the service to the community."
The national newspaper "The Ethiopian Herald" reports about the inauguration, which took place in mid February: "CBM and Rotary Club Stiftland have fully furnished the clinic with modern and complete medical equipment that serves for eye operation. The clinic is now ready to provide services for eye patients. It is named ‘secondary’ because it is able to carry out some operations for any eye problem in the area limited as a local institution and is also more advanced than the primary eye unit.
CBM has also constructed similar facilities in Jimma University, Debre Berhan hospital, Felege Hiwot hospital (Bahir Dar), Arba Minch and Yirgalem hospitals and Pawe in Benshangul Gumuz."
Further reading: Article in The Ethiopian Herald
The newly built eye clinic in Amhara National Regional State, will provide eye services to up to 10,000 people annually free of charge. The modernly equipped clinic is the newest of five other eye clinics built by CBM in four regions in Ethiopia.
The inauguration was attended by Dr. Kebede Worku, the Ethiopian State Minister of Health, who said "It is not possible to reach the intended goals single-handed; targets set in the health sector development programme can be attained in partnership with the participation of development partners and stakeholders. This is exactly what is being done by CBM. By constructing and equipping such units, we are improving accessibility of the service to the community."
The national newspaper "The Ethiopian Herald" reports about the inauguration, which took place in mid February: "CBM and Rotary Club Stiftland have fully furnished the clinic with modern and complete medical equipment that serves for eye operation. The clinic is now ready to provide services for eye patients. It is named ‘secondary’ because it is able to carry out some operations for any eye problem in the area limited as a local institution and is also more advanced than the primary eye unit.
CBM has also constructed similar facilities in Jimma University, Debre Berhan hospital, Felege Hiwot hospital (Bahir Dar), Arba Minch and Yirgalem hospitals and Pawe in Benshangul Gumuz."
Further reading: Article in The Ethiopian Herald
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- The operation theatre in the new eye department is newly equipped and furnished. © CBM
CBM supports partners in Ethiopia since 1967
Currently, 49 projects are being supported in the country, where CBM has worked since 1967. In 1984 a country office was established in the capital of Addis Ababa, which in 1997 was developed into a regional office to coordinate programmes and support partner organisations in Ehtiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan.
Rotary Club Stiftland: Website www.rc-stiftland.de (in German)
Rotary Club Stiftland: Website www.rc-stiftland.de (in German)
