The Airplane Hospital in Orbis

Orbis Eye Aircraft Hospital itself is a DC- 10- 10 aircraft. After a lot of transformation, it has become this "winged" hospital. The only mobile teaching hospital in the world, driven by aviation personnel, receives enthusiastic ophthalmologists and sends light to all parts of the world.

After the arrival of the Ophthalmic Aircraft Hospital, local doctors, nurses and staff exchanged medical knowledge with the medical team of Orbis in the operating room, laser treatment room and rehabilitation room of the hospital to improve the technology and level of blindness treatment.

There are 48 seats in the classroom in the front of the plane hospital. When flying, the classroom will be regarded as a cabin; When training, it is used for teaching. 16 cameras were installed in the operating room, laser treatment room, rehabilitation room and classroom respectively. Even in the classroom, trained ophthalmologists can see the situation in the operating room for the first time through these advanced equipment, and can use the two-way video broadcasting system, that is, ask questions to ophthalmologists in the operating room. If the number of people exceeds the upper limit, we can add classrooms outside the meeting plane. Similarly, through the two-way video broadcasting system, students outside the plane can also see the operation process and ask questions.

Before launching the new airport hospital project, the local hospital will select a certain number of cases in advance, and the cases should be related to the training project. After the plane arrived, these cases were screened by Orbis' volunteer ophthalmologist. Priority is given to the following conditions when screening:

The patient is blind.

The patient can't afford the operation.

The case is suitable for teaching.

The local doctor is responsible for taking care of the patients' needs before and after operation. March 2006 to 65438+February.

The Eye Aircraft Hospital visited six countries: Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Viet Nam and China.

1, 188 people were examined by professionals.

326 operations were performed, including 89 children.

950 doctors, nurses and other nursing staff were trained.

Follow-up after training

After the plane hospital leaves, the surgical demonstration will be recorded and left to the local hospital for further training. In order to ensure the high quality of teaching and nursing, the ophthalmologist of Orbis will visit again in about two months to check patients and review cases with local doctors. Since 1982 first carried out its mission, orbis ophthalmic aircraft hospital has visited more than 70 countries, opening the window of the soul for more than one million people. As a non-profit organization, OBIS is committed to training medical professionals in developing countries, and then they pass on the technology to other colleagues, and finally strengthen the local medical system and health care to prevent and treat blindness more effectively.