Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai treats its first Noor Dubai patients.Summary: Moorfields Eye Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a National Health Service eye hospital in central London. It is in the London Borough of Islington, on City Road, and is close to Old Street station. Dubai, the Dubai branch of the 200 year-old Moorfields London eye hospital, has treated its first patients under the Noor Dubai initiative which aims to treat one million people with preventive blindness over the next 12 months. Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai, the Dubai branch of the 200 year-old Moorfields London eye hospital, has treated its first patients under the Noor Dubai initiative which aims to treat one million people with preventive blindness over the next 12 months. The first patient was an Iraqi woman with dense mature cataracts in both eyes; a bilateral cataract surgery was performed successfully by specialist consultants at the hospital at Dubai Health Care City. The first patient was quickly followed by several other Noor Dubai patients from across the region -- Syria, Jordan, Oman and Sudan - visiting Moorfields for treatment. Cataract is the clouding or opacity Refers to being "opaque," which means to prevent light from shining through. For example, in an image editing program, the opacity level for some function might range from completely transparent (0) to completely opaque (100). of the lens inside the eye, preventing light reaching the retina. People often describe cataract as 'looking through a chiffon scarf.' Congenital cataracts occur in newborn babies who are born with the condition. There is no known prevention for cataracts but modern surgical techniques are highly successful for most patients, who are discharged from hospital on the same day. Pat Simons, Chief Nurse/Operations Manager at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai, said: "We have treated a total of nine Noor Dubai patients from across the region so far and Moorfields has successfully performed cataract or glaucoma surgery on these patients, some of whom were as young as five years old. We are delighted to be supporting Noor Dubai, which is an inspirational initiative, and we are committed to providing world class surgical treatment and care to patients coming to us through this inititative." Noor Dubai is an international charitable initiative for the prevention and treatment of blindness and low vision, launched by His Highness Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic (محمد بن راشد آلمكتوم) (born 1949) is currently the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the , Prime Minister of the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. and Ruler of Dubai. The ambitious initiative aims to deliver preventive eye care to over 1 million people as part of its drive to realize its vision of a world free from curable cur·a·ble adj. Capable of being cured or healed. forms of blindness. About Moorfields Eye Hospital DubaiMoorfields Eye Hospital Dubai (MEHD) is the first overseas branch of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Foundation Trusts (often referred to as "foundation hospitals") are hospitals which are part of the National Health Service in England. Function They have a significant amount of managerial and financial freedom when compared to existing NHS Trust. , the oldest and one of the largest centres for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in the world. Located at the Al Razi Medical Complex in Dubai Health Care City, the facility provides daycase surgery and outpatient diagnostic and treatment services, including emergency care, for a variety of surgical and non-surgical eye conditions. MEHD will also raise standards for research and teaching in the region through its partnership with the Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Dubai Center. MEHD is owned and managed by the NHS Foundation Trust, and maintains close links with London, including a telelink with sophisticated videoconferencing technology, to ensure that patients in the GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). receive the best eye care treatment in the world. For further information, please visit MEHD's website at www.moorfields.ae or call 04 429 7888. 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) 2008 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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