Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft, will come to Bangladesh in November next year for the 11th time.
The information was revealed at a consultative meeting on “the 11th Flying Eye Hospital Training Program 2024” held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in the capital on Tuesday.
Prof AHM Enayet Hussain, who is the President of Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB), Country Chair of IAPB, SEA Bangladesh Chapter, and the Vice Chancellor of Sylhet Medical University, chaired the meeting attended by heavyweights in the ophthalmology field.
The meeting, organised by Orbis International, a non-profit that operates the Flying Eye Hospital (FEH) training programme to build the capacity of human resources, transfer technologies and innovative training in ophthalmic field, decided to form an advisory committee and an executive committee for hosting the FEH training program.
Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) President Prof Ava Hossain, former DGHS Director General Prof Deen Mohd Noorul Huq, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Vice Chancellor Prof Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) President Prof Mohammod Shahidullah, OSB Secretary General Prof Dipak Kumar Nag, BSMMU Professor Nuzhat Choudhury, and Orbis Country Director Dr Munir Ahmed, Associate Directors Dr Lutful Husain and Iqbal Hossain, among others, were among the attendees.
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is a state-of-the-art teaching facility equipped with operating room, classroom and recovery room being operated since 1982.
Flying Eye Hospital training programme allows the clinical team and world-leading volunteer faculty (medical experts) to travel the world sharing knowledge and developing the skills of eye care professionals in the communities that need it most. The plane made its 10th visit to Bangladesh in 2017.
The FEH programme provides advanced hands-on training and technology transfer to enhance the surgical skills of ophthalmology in Bangladesh, focusing on various subspecialties.
Since its first visit in 1985, the FEH imparted training to ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses and biomedical technicians in Bangladesh who have helped shape the eye care sector in the country.
