Eye Clinic
Programs:
 In 1998 IRIS
constructed Cambodia's first purpose-built eye clinic, the
IRIS Clinic in Kampong Cham province. In 2004, The Ministry
of Health asked IRIS to construct a second clinic in the province,
which, with its population of 1.6 million, is the most densely
populated province in Cambodia. Mr Karolos Fix (a long standing
supporter of IRIS in Cambodia) and a number of his friends
agreed to provide the funds needed to construct the new clinic
in Tboung Khmum District which was opened in May 2005.
During 2007,
IRIS subsidised cataract and other eye surgeries for poor
people at 6 eye clinics in 5 provinces: Kampong Cham (2),
Siem Reap, Pursat, Battambang & Kampot. Program outcomes
were:
IRIS
EYE CLINIC PROGRAMS - 2007 |
|
KC |
TK
|
SR |
PUR |
BB |
KT |
Total |
Cataract
Surgeries |
350 |
268 |
82 |
103 |
370 |
200 |
1373 |
Other Surgeries |
128 |
133 |
38 |
45 |
126 |
56 |
526 |
KC (IRIS Clinic), TK (Fix Antonios
IRIS Eye Clinic), SR (Siem Reap), PUR (Pursat),
KT (Kampot) & BB (Battambang)
|
Eye Camp Programs:
Since 1997, IRIS has supported an annual program of outreach
surgery eye camps in those provinces of Cambodia that remain
without an eye clinic. During 2007, IRIS organised six eye
camps in 4 provinces: Preah Vihear (2), Odar Meanchey (2),
Pailin and Kompong Som. Program outcomes were:
IRIS EYE CAMP PROGRAM
- 2007
|
|
PV |
OM
|
Pailin |
KS |
K.Speu |
Total |
Eye screenings/Consultations |
453 |
369 |
229 |
260 |
418 |
1729 |
Cataract and Other Surgeries |
145 |
196 |
58 |
99 |
158 |
656 |
| PV
(Preah Vihear), OM (Odar Meanchey) KS (Kampong Som)
& K. Speu (Kampong Speu) |
By December
2007, the combined total of IRIS clinic and eye camp programs
since inception in Cambodia had resulted in 110,510 people
receiving eye examinations and 20,763 surgeries being performed,
13,254 of which were to remove cataracts.
Cyclo Driver Program:
In 2007,
IRIS provide a grant of US$8,400 to support the core running
costs and administration of the Cyclo Centre in Phnom Penh,
that provides medical advice, training and support to over
1,500 Cyclo drivers who come At any one time, the capital
Phnom Penh, has a transient population of up to 2,000 cyclo-drivers,
many of whom come from all parts of the country to earn
money for their families in between the rice planting and
harvesting seasons. IRIS also staged an eye screening, refraction
and surgery programme for Cyclo drivers that led to 375
drivers being examined, 144 receiving a free pair of glasses
to improve their distance vision and 70 drivers under-going
blindness prevention surgery.
CAMBODIA PROGRAMS IN 2008:
In 2008,
IRIS will continue to subsidise the cost of surgery for
poor people at six eye clinics and support outreach eye
camps in remote, rural areas where there are no eye clinics.
To do so will require a budget of:
CAMBODIA PROGRAM BUDGET 2008
|
Eye Clinic Programs |
59,791 |
Eye Camp Program |
16,751 |
Primary Eye Care Training |
8,744 |
Poor Patient Transport Subsidy
|
14,400 |
IRIS/NSCPBL Clinic Monitoring
Visits & Liaison Meetings |
17,158 |
Program Support Costs |
60,643 |
TOTAL (US$) |
$177,487 |
|
