Cambodia and Persistent Unnecessary Blindness
A special guest post from Battambang, Cambodia by Dr. Gary Barth, ophthalmologist and Seva volunteer. Originally posted Jan 21, 2011 When those in the West think of Cambodia, invariably we image the magnificent Buddhist structures of Angkor Wat and the hellish regime and killings of the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot. Cambodia is now politically […]
Cataract Screening at Cambodian Health Clinics
A special guest post from Battambang, Cambodia by Dr. Gary Barth, ophthalmologist and Seva volunteer. Posted Jan 22, 2011 For the past two days, the Seva staff and volunteers have been attending rural government-run health clinics around the old Cambodian capital of Siem Reap. These clinics are the precursor to next week’s cataract and pterygium […]
Same-Day Surgeries Work Splendidly in Cambodia
A special guest post from Battambang, Cambodia by Dr. Gary Barth, ophthalmologist and Seva volunteer Western Cambodia is a rural area where cash is hard to come by and has an economy in which the average worker only earns one dollar a day. Therefore, when blind Cambodians and their accompanying family members travel long distances […]
Cambodian Eye Surgery Physician Training Addendum
A special guest post from Battambang, Cambodia by Dr. Gary Barth, ophthalmologist and Seva volunteer After posting Dr. Heng Ton’s linguistic odyssey through French and English to become an eye surgeon (see Physician Education Redux), my late night reflections were focused on the optimal method for the developed countries and NGO’s to assist a country […]
Physician Education Redux: Why should it be so difficult to get training?
A special guest post from Battambang, Cambodia by Dr. Gary Barth, ophthalmologist and Seva volunteer During a lifetime as a physician and a son of a physician, I have heard many stories about the challenges of getting a medical education. None of them, however, compare with the story from Dr. Heng Ton, my newest physician […]
Auto-couching of her own cataract: 80 years old and smiling
A special post from Cambodia by Dr. Gary Barth, ophthalmologist Today in Battambang, Cambodia Dr. Heng Ton and I were screening 17 villagers, mostly women, brought in by a Battambang Ophthalmic Care Centre (BOCC) van from a village 90 km away. One of the ladies that came by van had an interesting story to tell. […]
