We have, on a cataract waiting list, over 150 patients (from the past 4 years). These patients have repeatedly been referred to the Mexican health authorities for surgery, with no positive results. These 150 plus patients are without vision until someone helps them, and this is only in our region.
The clinic has room available to develop operating and recovery rooms, but we cannot financially support the costs of the necessary equipment and supplies to conduct this surgery.
A list has been prepared of our initial needs to open this surgical area and return vision to these unfortunate people. We are now concentrating on pterygium surgery and we have successfully operated on more than 200 patients diagnosed with pterygium, a common eye problem in Mexico.
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Our first eye surgery patient.
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We have one visiting opthomologist who is working one full day every other week.
We have given optometric care to 454 patients in the period Jan thru Sept, 2011.
School students continue to have visual examinations at the following Colonias:
Canales (Primary & Secondaria)
La Posta (Primary & Secondaria)
Buena Vista (Primary & Secondaria)
Las Flores(Primary)
Vera Cruz (Primary)
El Rosario (Primary)
Rio Rico (Primary)
Nuevo Progreso (Secondaria)
Ford (Primary)
Hidalgo (Primary)
Santo Domingo (Primary)
Those needing treatment are transported to the clinic (with parental consent) for examination by the doctors.
Thousands of eyeglasses have been given free.
Visiting Ophthalmologists and Optometrists have screened optometric problems and have corrected pterygium ailments on over 200 patients.
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