Muscat Eye Laser Center conducts free Ramadan eye check-up for orphan kids
22 August 2010, Muscat: In keeping with the Holy Month’s spirit of giving, Muscat Eye Laser Center, the Sultanate’s leading eye-care center, recently organised a free eye check-up for the children of Al Khoudh Orphanage in Muscat Governorate.
A total of 93 beautiful children of ages four and above had their eyes examined by the Center’s optometrist. Besides checking their eyes for any vision impairment or eye diseases, the team also made a careful assessment of each child’s need, if any, for visual aids to help remedy any vision deficiencies.
Over the coming days, children from the Orphanage requiring further diagnostic and treatment services will be brought in batches to the Center’s modern clinic at Qurum.
After a comprehensive examination by the Center’s professional team of doctors, kids that need correction will be prescribed corrective spectacles, courtesy of Muscat Eye Laser Center. As surgical intervention can only take place from age 18 onwards, any non-surgical eye-care services will also be treated free-of-charge at the clinic for these children.
“There is nothing more precious than the gift of sight. With this in mind, and in keeping with the spirit of Ramadan, we wanted to reach out and make a difference in our own small way. We hope to instil in these children a greater appreciation of sense of sight and with it a brighter hope for the future,” commented Dr Maria Clara Arbelaez, an internationally recognised corneal transplant and refractive surgeon, who has successfully performed over 50,000 successful eye surgeries during a professional career spanning more than 20 years.
Jointly established by Sameer Al Awam and Dr. Maria Clara Arbelaez in April 2002, Muscat Eye Laser Center specialises in refractive surgery using advanced technology and procedures. Centrally located in Qurum, the center has two fully equipped operating theatres, six consultation and meeting rooms, six diagnostic and four preparation rooms.
22 August 2010, Muscat: In keeping with the Holy Month’s spirit of giving, Muscat Eye Laser Center, the Sultanate’s leading eye-care center, recently organised a free eye check-up for the children of Al Khoudh Orphanage in Muscat Governorate.
A total of 93 beautiful children of ages four and above had their eyes examined by the Center’s optometrist. Besides checking their eyes for any vision impairment or eye diseases, the team also made a careful assessment of each child’s need, if any, for visual aids to help remedy any vision deficiencies.
Over the coming days, children from the Orphanage requiring further diagnostic and treatment services will be brought in batches to the Center’s modern clinic at Qurum.After a comprehensive examination by the Center’s professional team of doctors, kids that need correction will be prescribed corrective spectacles, courtesy of Muscat Eye Laser Center. As surgical intervention can only take place from age 18 onwards, any non-surgical eye-care services will also be treated free-of-charge at the clinic for these children.
“There is nothing more precious than the gift of sight. With this in mind, and in keeping with the spirit of Ramadan, we wanted to reach out and make a difference in our own small way. We hope to instil in these children a greater appreciation of sense of sight and with it a brighter hope for the future,” commented Dr Maria Clara Arbelaez, an internationally recognised corneal transplant and refractive surgeon, who has successfully performed over 50,000 successful eye surgeries during a professional career spanning more than 20 years.
Jointly established by Sameer Al Awam and Dr. Maria Clara Arbelaez in April 2002, Muscat Eye Laser Center specialises in refractive surgery using advanced technology and procedures. Centrally located in Qurum, the center has two fully equipped operating theatres, six consultation and meeting rooms, six diagnostic and four preparation rooms.
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