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NEWS UPDATE : JANUARY - APRIL 2008
SAD NEWS – YKI/JFF WITHDRAWS ITS SUPPORT FROM THE
ABMEC
The former Director of ABMEC, Dr Dharyata, was replaced
in March by Dr Srijoni from the Bali Health Department, and subsequently
we were advised that local regulations regarding the Centre had
been reviewed, resulting in a change in the patient clientele to
be treated at the Centre. Under these new regulations, the Foundation
is unable to support operations for poor patients and so has had
no option but to withdraw its support of this facility.
The Australia Bali Memorial Eye Centre has been a
great disappointment to the Foundation since its opening in October
2007, both in its low output of cataract surgery and in the bureaucratic
barriers to the Foundation’s being able to support free surgery
for the poor which was the original purpose of the gift.
The decision to withdraw has been made with great
sadness, as the ABMEC and its huge potential for ophthalmology in
Indonesia and in assisting the cataract poor has been the focus
of our planning for several years.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE, EVEN MORE PATIENTS BEING ASSISTED
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The Foundation is switching its resources to work
more actively with the autonomous District Health Departments in
Bali and other provinces – field eye screening, distributing
glasses and establishing free cataract operating programs. We look
forward to expanding our Sight Restoration program into many new
areas, as these activities have the potential to multiply our effectiveness
many times over, and to assist even more of the 1.8 million cataract
blind people in Indonesia who are so poor they cannot afford the
operation to restore their sight.
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