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China-backed Zhongshan Ophthalmic team provides eye surgeries in the Maldives (Linked to Record ID#52444, #69440, #53776)

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•MaldivesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MaldivesSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 8, 2020
Start (actual)
Jan 8, 2020
End (actual)
Jan 11, 2020

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the Maldives

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), Sun Yat-sen University

Loan desecription

China-backed Zhongshan Ophthalmic team provides eye surgeries in the Maldives (Linked to Record ID#52444, #69440, #53776)

Narrative

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Project narrative

According to the Maldives Ministry of Health, prior to the opening of the China-Maldives Ophthalmology Centre (Record ID#53776), ophthalmologists from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong conducted an eye treatment camp from January 8, 2020 to January 11, 2020 at Hulhumalé Hospital. This treatment camp was to provide a test run of the Centre's facilities before the official opening. The team screened the eyes of more than 521 patients and conducted 74 eye operations. The main types of procedures conducted were cataract, ocular surface, vitreoretinal and external eye surgeries, and laser treatments. The team was led by Dr. Chen Weirong, a professor of opthamology at Sun Yat-Sen University. This treatment camp was held with the support of the Chinese government. For the Bright Journey eye camp in 2016, see Record ID#52444. For the Bright Journey eye camp in 2017, see Record ID#69440. For the China-Maldives Ophthalmology Centre, see Record ID#53776.