A doctor is preparing for an operation. (Source: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – A delegation of doctors from HCM City in collaboration with
doctors of an eye hospital in Laos performed free using Phaco
technique on cataract patients in Vientiane from December 14-16.
The surgery is
part of the cooperation programme signed between the HCM City Eye Hospital and
the Lao Central Eye Hospital in 2003.
Under the programme,
200 will receive surgery each year. However, Vietnamese
doctors decided to provide surgery for additional 100 patients at the request
of the Lao Ministry of National Defence, bringing the total beneficiary
patients to 300 this year.
The patients also
receive free medications, lodging and travel cost and other consultation
services.
Besides, the HCM
City Eye Hospital doctors also trained their Lao colleagues on the Phaco
technique.
In 2016, the
hospital has helped trained six Lao eye surgeons. It plans to transfer the
operation technique to nine more in 2017.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
