Help us donate fundus camera to Lom Sak Hospital in Phetchabun, Thailand
Lom Sak Hospital
Lom Sak hospital is a 150-bed community hospital located in Lom Sak district, Phetchabun. Situated 395 kilometers away from Bangkok, Lom Sak Hospital is the largest contracted unit for primary health care within Northern Phetchabun due to the large influx of patients referred from smaller hopistals in Lom Sak, and the nearby area. As of date, Lom Sak Hospital has provided medical services for over 250,000 people in northern Phetchabun.
Diabetic Eye Screening
With a growing number of diabetic patients. Normally the diabetic patients need to be offered diabetic eye screening test once a year as a preventive measure against any eye complication caused by diabetes, such as cataract, glaucoma, and et cetera.
However, many diabetic patients in Lom Sak hospital are not diagnosed due to the number of available equipment. While patients from sub-district hospitals nearby are sent to Lom Sak hospital after they experienced eye problems, some are diagnosed only after their conditions have worsened beyond treatment.
Instead of waiting for patients to be sent to Lom Sak hospital, Lom Sak hospital has come up with an outreach program to increase the accessibility of the diabetic eye screening test.
Every Thursday, Lom Sak hospital will send team of doctors and attending staffs, along with Fundus cameras, to one of the 32 sub-district hospitals nearby so that the patients can easily get the eye screening test.
Over 159 new diabetic patients with eye problems include Diabetic retinopathy 49 cases, Cataract 76 cases, and Glaucoma 34 cases have been found.
In only two months after the program was implemented, over 159 new diabetic patients with eye problems include Diabetic retinopathy 49 cases, Cataract 76 cases, and Glaucoma 34 cases have been found. However, by doing so, tests and operations related to the use of Fundus camera in Lom Sak hospital itself has come to a halt due to the lack of equipment.
This indicates an ongoing need for advanced eye examination equipment, which could be used for both patients in Lom Sak hospital, and those in the recipient hospitals of the outreach program conducted by Lom Sak hospital. As the outreach program aims to increase the accessibility of the diabetic eye examinations on a provincial level, early detection of any eye conditions will be treated in a timely manner, and greatly reduce the risk of permanent vision loss of many.
Project Funding
Total estimate budget
34,000 USD
Amount we still need
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List funding already pledged to the project
Rotary Club of Daegu Eagle, Korea
14,000 USD (DDF)
Rotary Club of Silom
1,000 USD (DDF)
Rotary Club of Dhonburi West
300 USD (Cash)
Rotary Club of Bangkok Vibhavadi, Thailand
3,722 USD (DDF)
Rotary International
14,978 USD
Contact
Sittipon Simasanti
Rotary Club of Bangkok Vibhavadi
rotary@api.co.th
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Project Category
Fundraiser, Disease prevention and treatment
Project Location
Lom Sak Hospital
15 Samakkhichai, Wat Pa,
Lom Sak District, Phetchabun, 67110
Thailand
About Lom Sak Hospital
Lom Sak hospital is a 150-bed community hospital located in Lom Sak district, Phetchabun. Lom Sak hospital currently has 29 doctors, and 579 attending staffs in 6 main departments, namely Obstetrics Gynecology Department, Medicine Department, Surgical Department, Pediatric Department, Orthopedic Department, Anesthesiologist Department, as well as other secondary departments such as Radiology department and Family Physicians department.
As of date, Lom Sak Hospital has provided medical services for over 250,000 people in northern Phetchabun.
None-Mydriatic Auto Fundus Camera
Non-mydriatic fundus photography is routinely used to screen for treatable, sight-threatening eye diseases within at-risk populations, such as diabetic retinopathy
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