Ballymena (Northern Ireland) man will lead cataract team to Cambodia
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Ballymena (Northern Ireland) man will lead cataract team to Cambodia
A BALLYMENA surgeon is set to travel to Cambodia in February as part of a local team which will provide cataract operations and other eye surgeries to those in need.
Colin Willoughby is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Ulster University and a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Belfast HSC Trust.
He was educated at Ballykeel Primary School and Cambridge House Grammar School prior to university in Liverpool, before moving back to live in Ballymena in 2004.
Speaking to the Ballymena Guardian, Professor Willoughby said: “I am the mission lead of a Northern Irish team to provide a cataract surgery mission to the Khmer Sight Foundation, Cambodia in February 2023.
“In 2019 a group of Northern Irish eye surgeons, nurses, optometrists and volunteers spent a week in Cambodia.
“We performed 190 cataract and other sight-saving operations.
“On February 6, 2023, the Northern Irish team will provide another mission for one week.
“We have a team of over 35 people consisting of eye surgeons, anaesthetists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, theatre nurses, specialist eye nurses, physicians and volunteers from across the NHS and private sector in Northern Ireland.
“They have all given their time voluntarily and used their own annual leave allowance.
“Around 17 million people live in Cambodia and nearly three-quarters of the population live on less than $3 a day.
“Over 180,000 Cambodians are blind and 90% of blindness is avoidable.
“Three-quarters of blindness is due to cataracts. Cambodia has very few ophthalmologists to help its people.
“Between 1975 and 1979 the Khmer Rouge perpetrated the Cambodian genocide and the legacy has affected generations.
“During our visit we will also help to train and educate local doctors, nurses, optometrists and medical students to replace this lost generation.”
The mission is based in Phnom Penh and coordinated by The Khmer Sight Foundation (http://khmersight.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/
CISACAMBODIA/ ).
The Khmer Sight Foundation (KSF) was founded in 2015 by the late Australian Ophthalmologist Dr. Kim Frumar, his partner Teresa De Leon, and Cambodian Secretary of State, Sean Ngu. Professor Sunil Shah from Birmingham (UK) is the International Medical Chair.
KSF is a non-profit non-governmental organisation whose mission is to eliminate avoidable blindness in Cambodia and provide expert clinical training, recognised by overseas professional bodies, for all eye care health professionals. International teams from the UK, France, Germany, Singapore and India will visit Cambodia to undertake weeklong missions.
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Colin Willoughby is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Ulster University and a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Belfast HSC Trust.
He was educated at Ballykeel Primary School and Cambridge House Grammar School prior to university in Liverpool, before moving back to live in Ballymena in 2004.
Speaking to the Ballymena Guardian, Professor Willoughby said: “I am the mission lead of a Northern Irish team to provide a cataract surgery mission to the Khmer Sight Foundation, Cambodia in February 2023.
“In 2019 a group of Northern Irish eye surgeons, nurses, optometrists and volunteers spent a week in Cambodia.
“We performed 190 cataract and other sight-saving operations.
“On February 6, 2023, the Northern Irish team will provide another mission for one week.
“We have a team of over 35 people consisting of eye surgeons, anaesthetists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, theatre nurses, specialist eye nurses, physicians and volunteers from across the NHS and private sector in Northern Ireland.
“They have all given their time voluntarily and used their own annual leave allowance.
“Around 17 million people live in Cambodia and nearly three-quarters of the population live on less than $3 a day.
“Over 180,000 Cambodians are blind and 90% of blindness is avoidable.
“Three-quarters of blindness is due to cataracts. Cambodia has very few ophthalmologists to help its people.
“Between 1975 and 1979 the Khmer Rouge perpetrated the Cambodian genocide and the legacy has affected generations.
“During our visit we will also help to train and educate local doctors, nurses, optometrists and medical students to replace this lost generation.”
The mission is based in Phnom Penh and coordinated by The Khmer Sight Foundation (http://khmersight.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/
CISACAMBODIA/ ).
The Khmer Sight Foundation (KSF) was founded in 2015 by the late Australian Ophthalmologist Dr. Kim Frumar, his partner Teresa De Leon, and Cambodian Secretary of State, Sean Ngu. Professor Sunil Shah from Birmingham (UK) is the International Medical Chair.
KSF is a non-profit non-governmental organisation whose mission is to eliminate avoidable blindness in Cambodia and provide expert clinical training, recognised by overseas professional bodies, for all eye care health professionals. International teams from the UK, France, Germany, Singapore and India will visit Cambodia to undertake weeklong missions.
https://www.ballymenaguardian.co.uk/new ... dia-39198/
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Another Fred Hollows, which is good to see.
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Is this accurate?“Around 17 million people live in Cambodia and nearly three-quarters of the population live on less than $3 a day.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
It doesn't sound right, except maybe in you include the large kids population. But it makes for great clickbait.
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My initial thought was no, but then if you consider kids, the elderly and the very poor it might not be too far away. Still sounds high though.Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:41 pmIs this accurate?“Around 17 million people live in Cambodia and nearly three-quarters of the population live on less than $3 a day.
One wouldn't say so from the number of luxury vehicles around and the ridiculous rents
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Yeah, you’re right. There can’t be any poor people in Cambodia because I saw a Cambodian driving a Roller yesterday.whitevelvet wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:50 amOne wouldn't say so from the number of luxury vehicles around and the ridiculous rents
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I saw a fat kid yesterday (probably the son of the RR driver) therefore all Cambodian kids are fat.
But he looked like he was a bit lost so this eye doctor is a good asset to Cambodia.
The only downside is no one will be able to understand him.
But he looked like he was a bit lost so this eye doctor is a good asset to Cambodia.
The only downside is no one will be able to understand him.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
I've been thinking about this.Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:41 pmIs this accurate?“Around 17 million people live in Cambodia and nearly three-quarters of the population live on less than $3 a day.
Total population is 17.3m at the highest, 16.9 at the lowest.
According to data those 0–14 years=31.9% and 65 and over=3.8%
Say 36% cannot work. Around 6.2m
Leaving roughly 40% of the adult population. Of those, more than half are women, so many will be raising children.
City/country divide was thought about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... n_Cambodia, but easier to look at this
Really hard to say, other than there are still a lot of poor people, maybe just better hidden by the Rnage Rovers. There does seem to be much less abject poverty since the early 2000's (in the cities at least), so hard to judge.
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It's good to see people do this without making it a publicity event , imagine the gall of someone doing this out of their own pocket and the you tubing it and then to top it off giving the money away. What a bastard.
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Initial reaction was that it might be out of date given Cambodia’s consistently high year-on-year growth, and the fact that the factory worker minimum wage just hit $200/mo.Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:41 pmIs this accurate?“Around 17 million people live in Cambodia and nearly three-quarters of the population live on less than $3 a day.
But as others have said, that $200 is often feeding several kids as well. So probably the answer is “yes, but only if you calculate it a certain way…”
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WHEN optometrist Shane Higgins packed his bags and headed off on a charity mission to Cambodia earlier this year, he had no idea the impact his work would have on patients – or himself.
The head optometrist with Kingsbridge Private Hospital in Belfast travelled to Phnom Penh with a group of fellow healthcare professionals from Belfast and Derry, all ready to carry out life-changing work in free clinics facilitated by Cambodian charity, Khmer Sight Foundation.
Over the course of five days the team carried out 184 operations – mostly cataracts but also removal of pterygium fatty tissue which grows over the cornea – successfully restoring sight and transforming lives for more than 200 people.
"It was amazing to be part of something that was so simple and yet so transformative for the poorest of people," says Shane.
"The need is huge throughout Cambodia where 90 per cent of blindness is avoidable and where sight problems impact employment opportunities and put families at risk of destitution."
Full story: https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/hea ... a-3228112/
The head optometrist with Kingsbridge Private Hospital in Belfast travelled to Phnom Penh with a group of fellow healthcare professionals from Belfast and Derry, all ready to carry out life-changing work in free clinics facilitated by Cambodian charity, Khmer Sight Foundation.
Over the course of five days the team carried out 184 operations – mostly cataracts but also removal of pterygium fatty tissue which grows over the cornea – successfully restoring sight and transforming lives for more than 200 people.
"It was amazing to be part of something that was so simple and yet so transformative for the poorest of people," says Shane.
"The need is huge throughout Cambodia where 90 per cent of blindness is avoidable and where sight problems impact employment opportunities and put families at risk of destitution."
Full story: https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/hea ... a-3228112/
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