In order to help more patients with eye diseases to recover, a church in China's southeastern coastal Fujian Province and a local ophthalmic hospital carried out a free eye clinic.
On July 25, Pingnan County CC&TSPM in Ningde City, Fujian Province, joined forces with Huaxia Ophthalmic Hospital and Agape Charities, held a free clinic, general investigation and rescue activities in Chengdong Church of Pingnan County, the county CC&TSPM reported.
On June 29th, Wei Zhongxin and Xiang Zhirong, chairman and president of CC&TSPM, made a decision after research that all pastoral areas should go deep into grass-roots churches and religious places for publication and mobilization, collect information and make a thorough investigation to register patients with eye diseases. They also would liaise with Ningde Huaxia Ophthalmic Hospital and apply for assistance and rescue funds (other than social security funds) from Agape Charities according to patients' life difficulties and disease situations.
To help those in the remote areas of the county enjoy professional optometry services at home, and improve their understanding of eye disease prevention, the expert medical team of the hospital carried out a free ophthalmology clinic on July 25. They provided free fundus examinations, slit lamp examinations, visual acuity examinations, intraocular pressure examinations, autorefraction, blood pressure examinations, and blood glucose examinations for believers and the public who are suffering from cataracts, fundus diseases, and myopia refraction.
These doctors have screened more than 80 patients, conducting laser therapy for one outpatient and treatment for one xerophthalmia patient, with surgery for eight hospitalized patients (five cataract patients and three pterygium patients),
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
“为让更多的眼疾患者重见‘’光明’”，中国东南沿海福建省一教堂联合当地一个眼科医院和慈善机构，开展义诊普查救助活动。
经7月25日，福建宁德屏南县基督教两会和宁德华厦眼科医院，在屏南城东基督教堂举行关爱眼健康义诊普查救助活动，据屏南基督教两会
6月29日，在屏南县基督教两会韦忠信主席、向志容会长经研究决定：要求各牧区深入基层各堂、点宣传动员，摸底调查，收集信息，对有眼睛疾病的人群进行登记，对接宁德华厦眼科医院，并根据其困难程度、疾病情况，向天爱慈善机构申请援助救助资金(社保外资金)。
为让本县边远地区的群众在家门口享受到专业的眼视光诊疗服务，帮助他们提高眼病预防的认知水平，7月25日，宁德华厦眼科医院的专家医护团队，开展了眼科义诊，为患有白内障、眼底病、近视屈光等眼睛疾病的教内弟兄姐妹及社会群众免费进行眼底检测、裂隙灯检查、视力检查、眼压检查、电脑验光检查、血压检查、血糖检测等，并提供眼病咨询服务。
本次屏南县基督教两会与宁德华厦眼科医院联合开展送光明救助活动为患者进行义诊筛查80多人次，入院手术8人（白内障5人，胬肉3人），门诊打激光1人，干眼症治疗1人。
关爱眼健康义诊普查救助活动在福建屏南城东基督教堂举行
In order to help more patients with eye diseases to recover, a church in China's southeastern coastal Fujian Province and a local ophthalmic hospital carried out a free eye clinic.
On July 25, Pingnan County CC&TSPM in Ningde City, Fujian Province, joined forces with Huaxia Ophthalmic Hospital and Agape Charities, held a free clinic, general investigation and rescue activities in Chengdong Church of Pingnan County, the county CC&TSPM reported.
On June 29th, Wei Zhongxin and Xiang Zhirong, chairman and president of CC&TSPM, made a decision after research that all pastoral areas should go deep into grass-roots churches and religious places for publication and mobilization, collect information and make a thorough investigation to register patients with eye diseases. They also would liaise with Ningde Huaxia Ophthalmic Hospital and apply for assistance and rescue funds (other than social security funds) from Agape Charities according to patients' life difficulties and disease situations.
To help those in the remote areas of the county enjoy professional optometry services at home, and improve their understanding of eye disease prevention, the expert medical team of the hospital carried out a free ophthalmology clinic on July 25. They provided free fundus examinations, slit lamp examinations, visual acuity examinations, intraocular pressure examinations, autorefraction, blood pressure examinations, and blood glucose examinations for believers and the public who are suffering from cataracts, fundus diseases, and myopia refraction.
These doctors have screened more than 80 patients, conducting laser therapy for one outpatient and treatment for one xerophthalmia patient, with surgery for eight hospitalized patients (five cataract patients and three pterygium patients),
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
Free Eye Clinic Conducted in Fujian Church
