| The flying eye hospital, ORBIS, on a three-week
visit to Chennai in November 2002, provided a different kind
of learning experience for a select group of eye care professionals
in the city. Surgeries were performed aboard the plane where
mediapersons and invitees saw them live on big television screens.
While students visited the flying hospital, the ORBIS team visited
leading eye hospitals in the city including Sankara Nethralaya,
a premier eye care centre. |
| ORBIS, the DC-10 jet is equipped with a surgical
suite, a laser treatment area, a recovery room, a 48-seater
classroom and technical support areas. The plane has been transformed
into a full-fledged ophthalmic training centre. The state-of-the-art
technology aboard ORBIS helps treat glaucoma, ocular tumours,
retina ailments and neuroophthalmology disorders. Since 1982,
ORBIS has completed more than 440 programmes in 80 countries.
ORBIS has been involved in preventing blindness the world over. |
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| The ORBIS team at the Madhuram Narayanan Surgical
Complex at Sankara Nethralaya. |
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