Eye Care Program in the Eastern Highlands
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| Project Name: |
Eye Care Program in the Eastern Highlands |
| Project Description: |
PBL Programme
Eye Department
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| Location: |
Papua New Guinea,
Goroka
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| Campaign: | Vision 2020 |
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| Project Information: |
The Eye Care Programme in the Eastern Highlands, known as Goroka Eye Unit, is based at the provincial hospital in Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. The project is in partnership with the Christian Brothers, PNG. It begun with the secondment of CBM seconded ophthalmologist, Dr. Van Lansingh in 1995. It was inaugurated in August 31, 1998, and officially named Edmund Rice Eye and Ear Clinic, in honour of the Christian Brothers' founder. The unit provides vital eye services to the region, conducts outreach surgical missions to remote and underserved areas in the country, trains nurses and other auxilliary staff in basic eye care and identification of cataract. The University of Papua New Guinea has granted official training status to the Eye Unit, enabling it to train national doctors and nurses. |
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