Dear Followers of Med
Today we had the debrief meeting with Dr Panades of IBO
(Institut Balear Oftalmic) following his trip to Ethiopia. The meeting was very productive. They both arrived back very content and
with a strong commitment to the project.
We can confirm that in total there are 40 children (between
those that could already see and those who can now see with glasses) who can
leave the Braille teaching system and attend our new classroom that we are
organising to teach them to read and write.
In addition there are 100 children for possible
operation. If all goes well Dr
Panades would return to Ethiopia together with an ophthalmic surgeon in the
coming months. They believe that
they could carry out 60 operations during the visit. This would be our first medical/surgical project in
Ethiopia, a dream for us and many of our medical friends who are members of
Med.
We are a small NGO and we know that the majority of surgeons
prefer to travel with the big NGO’s that have experience in these areas. There are a few who are prepared to
risk being the first to go. Dr
Panades has opened an important road for us that we hope will become well
travelled.
We know of doctors who have visited Sebeta, some have
carried out statistical studies on the children, but so far none have been
concerned enough for the children as people to try and treat them. However since Med arrived in May these
children have not been ignored or forgotten, thanks to all of our volunteers
who have been there to help in one capacity or other: Virginia, Debora, Conchy,
Chavely, Pep, Cati, Olga, Laura and Elena. All of them have been pioneers.
Our small children of Abugida have all had their eyes
checked and all enjoy good eye health.
They only detected three cases of mild myopia and one of Strabismus, all
of which are now being treated to good effect…
No comments:
Post a Comment