The setting: The Geta Eye Hospital in southern Nepal is a charity specialty hospital beautifully situated in a forest near a large highway. The large complex has a 10-foot-high wall with a gate that closes at night. The walls keep out all the animals except the ever-present ...
Healdsburg eye doctor reports from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake ‘MINGALABA’ Healdsburg’s Dr. Gary Barth offers the traditional Myanmar greeting to the women of a clinic, just days before the 7.7-magnitude earthquake rolled through the region. | Photo Courtesy of BBH Eye Foundation By Dr. Gary Barth Excerpt ...
Photo (left to right): Dr. Gary Barth, Jack Blanks, & Gary Hahn in Myanmar. Among the many innovative activities of Seva Foundation, the Board has emphasized bringing ophthalmic services to rural communities. These clinics are called Primary Eye Care Clinics since they provide refractions, ocular first ...
Elevating the status of women in many parts of Southeast Asia would benefit women and their families. There are many areas where empowering women would uplift society. One way to elevate women's status and self-esteem is to train them to work in eye clinics and assist with ...
In 1999, I joined the Prasad Project as the youngest eye surgeon in a group that intended to do 300 cataract surgeries a day for four days. The advanced team had cleaned out a rural Indian factory floor to make it safe for eye surgery. The doors ...
