- Title: INDIA: India's Jaipur gets a flying eye hospital
- Date: 21st September 2009
- Summary: JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 20, 2009) (ANI) AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY INTERIORS OF THE AIRCRAFT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ROW OF SEATS INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT HOSPITAL BEDS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) PERRY ATHANASON, COMMUNICATION MANAGER, FLYING HOSPITAL, ORBIS SAYING: "This is the only plane in the entire world and the only flying eye hospital. Inside the plane we have a surgical suite, recovery room, audio-visual centre and a communication centre. We used this plane to help trained local medical professional specialists in eye care." A MAN OPERATING A COMPACT DISC PLAYER EYE OPERATION BEING SCREENED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT WALTERS, CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEES (UNITED KINGDOM), ORBIS, SAYING: "The main concept behind this is teaching. We wish to engage with the surgeons here in order to teach them the skills they would like to learn from us. In this process we would like learn a lot from them too." AUDIO-VISUAL ROOM OPERATION THEATRE
- Embargoed: 6th October 2009 12:31
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: Health
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- Story Text: India's northwestern Jaipur city comes up with an aircraft turned into a fully equipped eye hospital.
India's northwestern Jaipur city in Rajasthan hosted the world's only eye hospital functioning in an aircraft at the city's Sanganer airport on Sunday (September 20).
The plane is a DC 10 aircraft well equipped with latest machines to run a mini eye clinic.
It also has a laser treatment centre, operation theatre, nursing and biomedical engineering training areas along with sitting capacity of 48 people at a time.
"This is the only plane in the entire world and the only flying eye hospital. Inside the plane we have a surgical suite, recovery room, audio-visual centre and a communication centre. We used this plane to help trained local medical professional specialists in eye care," said Perry Athanason, Communication Manager, Flying Hospital, ORBIS.
The motive behind introducing the flying eye hospital is to cure blind people and to exchange knowledge from international experts as it flies to other destinations.
"The main concept behind this is teaching. We wish to engage with the surgeons here in order to teach them the skills they would like to learn from us. In this process we would like learn a lot from them too," said Robert Walters, Chairman of Trustees (United Kingdom), ORBIS.
The eye hospital would stay at Jaipur airport till October 3 and would operate around five eye patients per day. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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