Projectreport 2010 - Vision for the World

Annual Report 2010
MISCELLANEOUS:
Staff at all EREC-P Centres:
The 296 member staff include 19 ophthalmologists (1 VR surgeon, 7 long-term
ophthalmologists, 11 Fellows), 1 anaesthetist, 18 administrative staff, 19 ophthalmic
assistants (OA) and 15 OA trainees, 9 health assistants, 1 optometrist, 58 eye health workers
and 76 eye health worker trainees.
“Cataract Package Tours”:
13,399 cataract patients, collected by 34 agents in North-India, were brought to Lahan and
Biratnagar for surgery.
Co-operation between SCEH and IMPACT Nepal in Lahan:
SCEH had been providing support and part of its premises free of cost for a Primary Ear
Care Centre (PECC) and surgical ear camps to IMPACT for a pilot period of more than two
years.
Now IMPACT is renting the premises, and two ENT surgeons are providing full-time ear
surgery and in-patient services for the benefit of patients with hearing impairment and ear
diseases.
Visitors & Visiting Faculty & Guest Lecturers:
28 visitors came mainly to observe the eye work at either one or both EREC-P hospitals.
Prof. Christian Mardin, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany provided clinical
training to ophthalmologists, residents and ophthalmic assistants and spoke on various
glaucoma topics in March.
Dr. Bernd Schroeder, senior ophthalmologist, Asklepios Klinik Nord in Hamburg,
Germany provided clinical training to ophthalmologists, residents and ophthalmic
assistants as well as teaching squint surgery in March.
Prof. Stefan Dithmar, VR Specialist, University Eye Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany,
provided Retina lectures as well as clinical and surgical refresher training in March/April.
Prof. Arin Chatterjee from India provided Continuous Medical Education for
ophthalmologists and ophthalmic assistants in June/July.
Various Trainings / Workshops and Conferences at EREC-P:
Various orientations and short and long-term ophthalmic trainings continued also in 2010 at
EREC-P:
in form of staff exchange programmes & training between SCEH and BEH
44 Eye Health Worker Trainees are undergoing a 3-year Eye Health Training
6 Health Assistants completed their 6-months Eye Health Training
6-months Eye Health Training: 58 Auxiliary Health Workers and Auxiliary Nurse
Midwives completed their training, 33 are under training
Short-term Primary Eye Care Training to Staff Nurse & Health Assistant Students,
Health Posts-in-Charge, Drug Retailers, Traditional Healers and Female Community
Health Volunteers
5 th Eastern Regional Ophthalmic Conference, BEH, Biratnagar, 27.3.2010:
- Prof. Christian Mardin, guest lecture: Current application of OCT in fundus imaging
- Ophthalmologists, Ophthalmic Assistants and optometrists of SCEH and BEH
participated and contributed with presentations.
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