25-28 April 2005:
Eye Screening Field Trip to Blahbatuh, Bali |
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A mass eye
screening field trip was organized from 25-28 April
in Blahbatuh, a rural area in southeast Bali. George
and Bernie Georgis, Australian optometrists, assisted
the team from YKI and the Rumah Sakit Indera with the
screening, which covered 400 village people. 150 pairs
of spectacles were issued and 12 patients were referred
to the mobile eye clinic for cataract surgery.
The team also conducted school screening
in four of the local primary schools, testing 389 pupils
for refraction problems and issuing spectacles to those
who needed them. |
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14-15 April 2005:
Seminar on Glaucoma for Balinese ophthalmologists |
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Dr Bill Morgan,
glaucoma specialist from Australia, traveled to Bali
to give a two-day seminar on glaucoma and its treatment
to Balinese ophthalmologists and ophthalmic nurses.
During his visit, which was organized
in conjunction with the Indonesian Ophthalmologists
Association, Dr Morgan demonstrated new techniques in
glaucoma treatment and surgery. |
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11-23 April 2005:
Volunteer ophthalmologist visits NBMEC and South Kalimantan
MEC |
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Dr Ian Spencer,
ophthalmologist from Australia, came to Bali for a second
time this year.
Dr Spencer spent one week with the new
North Bali Mobile Eye Clinic team, assisting ophthalmologist,
Dr Sekar and the North Bali Mobile Clinic team.
He then traveled to South Kalimantan
to review the work of the new ophthalmologist in the
Mobile Eye Clinic operating there. |
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April 2005:
Our 'child of the month' - an amazing transformation! |
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Patrick Scott
reports on Wantrini, a young girl from the Amed area
in the eastern part of Bali who had a cleft lip operation
under the Foundation's program in November 2004.
Patrick reports that Wantrini no longer
sits in the front row of the class. She now has friends,
is doing better at school and joins in singing which
she didn't do before.
Within a few months she will smile!!
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March 2005:
Donation to establish mobile eye clinic in East Java |
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The Foundation
has received a wonderful donation of US$100,000 from
Fred Murrell in the USA to build a new mobile eye clinic
for East Java, where there is a high incidence of cataract
blindness. East Java is also a very poor area with a
high rural population.
The mobile clinic will be built in Bali
to the same specifications as the two new Bali mobile
clinics. The Foundation is seeking further funding to
buy a support vehicle, and for operating costs. |
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March 2005:
Tax deductibility in the USA and Australia |
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Donations to the Foundation are
now tax deductible in the USA and Australia.
For further information, refer to the Foundation's website:
www.balieye.org. |
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5 March 2005:
Orthopaedic operations with visiting volunteer surgeon |
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A team comprising
visiting volunteer Australian orthopaedic surgeon, Dr
Philip Hardcastle, Dr Jaya Kesuma and Dr Anom operated
on two young girls at the Puri Raharja Hospital in Denpasar
on Saturday 5 March.
One girl suffered from a club foot, a
congenital condition which prevented her from walking
properly, and the other from a bone cyst near the ankle.
The bone cyst was removed and repaired using synthetic
bone - a first in Bali.
Left: Marrieke from Yayasan High 5
Rehabilitation, Singaraja, will assist this young girl
following her surgery with regular physiotheraphy sessions
to ensure a successful outcome. |
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2 March 2005:
North Bali Mobile Eye Clinic commences operations |
Ophthalmologist,
Dr Sekar, and the medical team pack supplies before
leaving Denpasar.
Day
1 of operations - ophthalmologist, Dr Sekar, and assisting
nurse, Wayan Dharma.
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After six
weeks of training, the North Bali Mobile Eye Clinic
medical team started cataract operations in the Sawan
area, east of the main northern city, Singaraja, on
Wednesday 2 March.
The North Bali Mobile Eye Clinic project
is managed by a Working Team from JFF/YKI and Rumah
Sakit Indera, and will be funded by AusAID for a 12-month
period, using lenses and pharmaceuticals donated by
Alcon International through JFF/YKI. |
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