Collaboration between He Eye Hospital and ORBIS International
1.Glaucoma Project- Glaucoma Awareness Education in Shenyang.
Project duration: April 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005 Set up ORBIS-He Eye Hospital Glaucoma Prevention and Treatment Center. May 15, 2004, ORBIS-He Eye Hospital Glaucoma Prevention and Treatment Center was launched which aimed to raise the public awareness of glaucoma as a disease and of the importance of treating it at an early stage by providing free training to grass-roots doctors and free glaucoma screening camps.
Launching Ceremony of Glaucoma Prevention & Treatment Centre in May 2004
2.Seeing is Believing- Cataract project in Shenyang
Project duration: September 1, 2004 to February 28, 2006 Project Activities: cataract screening and surgery, PHACO surgical training.
PHACO surgical training in Shenyang He Eye Hospital
3.Flying Eye Hospital- Shenyang Project
Flying Eye Hospital- Shenyang Project was successfully implemented in He Eye Hospital from September 12-25, 2004. Nearly 100 grass-roots doctors from the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia were trained, 200 patients received free examination as well as 50 patients accepted free surgeries, and 100 patients accepted low-pay surgeries through this project.
Flying Eye Hospital in Shenyang
After surgery, patients were leaving the Flying Eye Hospital
4. HBP- Hospital Based Program
1) August 2– 6, 2004, Training Subject: Glaucoma, Trainer: James Tsai
2) September 26–30, 2005, Training Subject: Glaucoma, Trainer: Gordon Douglas
3) August 13–17, 2007, Training Subject: Retina, Trainer: David Lightman
4) October 20–24, 2008, Training Subject: Pediatric, Trainer: Kanwal Ken Nischal & James Grant McFadyen
Case discussion between Dr. James Tsai and trainees
Under the support of ORBIS, He Eye Hospital initiated the telemedicine program
Surgery demonstration by Dr. Gordon Douglas
Dr. David Lightman demonstrated how to examine patients
Dr. Ken demonstrated how to examine patients
5.Center of Excellence (CoE) Project
Project duration: April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2011
Project Activities: The Center of Excellence (CoE) Project, The purpose of this project is to support the He Eye Hospital in Shenyang to become a Center of Excellence (CoE) for eye care for the northeast part of China, and the first one in the whole country. This project will support sub-specialty training, training equipment for the optometry section and for the wet-lab in He College, as well as funds for primary eye care training for village-level health workers.
The IAPB president, Dr. NAG RAO, visited He Eye Hospital for COE project assessment in March 2006
ORBIS supported Dr. CAO Yue for the master course of Community Eye Health at ICEH, London
Eye care education lectures provided by He Eye Hospital
CHW training provided by He Eye Hospital
6.VISION 2020 Projects
1) ORBIS International and He Eye Hospital co-hosted the 2nd NGOs Coordination Meeting in Shenyang in March 2006.
In March 2006, the 2nd China NGOs Coordination Meeting was held in He Eye Hospital, Shenyang
2) With the support from ORBIS, He Eye Hospital held the Liaoning Provincial PBL Workshop in March 2006.
Liaoning Provincial PBL Workshop held in March 2006
Dr. Nag Rao, the IAPB president awarded He Eye Hospital the IAPB membership
3) With the support from ORBIS, Shenyang He Eye Hospital organized “Ministry of Health and NGO Blindness Prevention and Treatment Coordination Meeting” in April, 2008 in Shenyang.
7.Seeing is Believing IV- Pediatric Project with Dalian He Eye Hospital
This three-year project planned to launch in July, 2009. By the end of the project, a fully equipped, child friendly pediatric eye care centre will be established at Dalian He Eye Hospital (HEH).
A network between Dalian HEH and county hospitals, Maternal and Children’s Health (MCH) hospitals and healthcare stations will be established for treatment and referral of pediatric eye care cases in Dalian City and surrounding areas.
Representatives from ORBIS and He Eye Care System discussing project plan in Dalian He Eye Hospital, October 2008