Grace Prakalapakorn, MD, MPH conducted a Pediatric Ophthalmology Workshop as part of a 3 week flying eye hospital program in Hue, Vietnam. The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, once a cargo plane, has been completely transformed into a state-of-the-art teaching facility complete with operating room, classroom and recovery room.
This project marks the tenth time the Flying Eye Hospital has visited Vietnam since 2006. In the last 13 years more than 1500 patients have been examined on the aircraft, with nearly 800 adults and children receiving sight saving surgery on board the plane. The plane is primarily a teaching facility - around 1300 doctors, nurses and medical technicians have received training on board the plane from some of the best ophthalmologists, nurses and biomedical engineers in the world.