A doctor gives eye examination to a child (Illustrative photo: VNA)Binh Dinh (VNA) – A project funded
by to develop in the southern
central province of Binh Dinh has obtained good results that are beyond
expectations, heard a recent meeting.
The project from 2014 to 2019, provided with
over 1.2 million USD by Orbis Vietnam, aims to help reduce the rate of
and deterioration of vision in children of and neighbouring
provinces through enhancing the targeted group’s access to eye care services.
At the review meeting on December 19, Director
of the Binh Dinh provincial Department of Health Le Quang Hung said thanks to
the project, the children’s department at the Binh Dinh Eye Hospital has been
put into use, providing sufficient eye examination, treatment and surgery
services for child patients in the province and the nearby Quang Ngai, Phu Yen,
Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces.
Particularly, the Binh Dinh General Hospital has
become the first in the southern central and Central Highlands regions to be
able to provide screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.
He noted this project has given training to
doctors of the province’s eye and general hospitals and helped Binh Dinh form a
comprehensive children’s eye care network from the community to medical
establishments.
More than 11,400 children have received eye
disease and disorder treatment (equivalent to 478 percent of the target),
260,000 have benefited from eye disease screening in the community (1,000
percent of the target), and 1,400 medical workers of communes and schools have
been trained in eye examination, Hung added.
Director of Orbis Vietnam Tran Thi Thanh Huong
said all of the targets for the project in Binh Dinh have exceeded
expectations, noting that through this project, the local medical staff are now
capable of treating and conducting surgery for complex eye diseases in
children./.
Source: VietnamPlus
