Materia Medica Malaysiana

Our ophthalmology outstanding

Malaysia has been praised as being among the best in the field of ophthalmology.
International Orbis Flying Eye Hospital medical director Dr Carlos Eduardo Solarte said that Malaysia was “absolutely fantastic” in terms of technology and the knowledge to train doctors.
“We have had a wonderful two weeks here and our local counterparts have been really outstanding,” he said.
A group of reporters were taken on a tour of the Orbis DC-10 aircraft and its facilities yesterday.
The aircraft has a classroom, an audio-visual room, a laser treatment room, an operating theatre, a sub-sterile room where medical supplies are kept, and a recovery room for pre- and post-operation patients.
It also has 16 cameras and 54 monitors to help the doctors in their work.
The reporters got to see “live” a glaucoma operation via the video system.
The US-based flying eye hospital, the only one in the world, had been at Terminal Three of the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang the last two weeks, at the invitation of the Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital and the Health Ministry.
It had been providing free eye check-ups and surgery and would leave for Myanmar tomorrow.
Up to yesterday, Orbis had treated 34 patients in Malaysia.