Dear Friends and Supporters; Thank you for your prayers this last week as we have been preparing for Dr. Matthew West’s visit to be the first retina surgeon in our training program. Dr West, originally from Columbus, GA, now resides with his family in Birmingham, AL where he is a partner with Retina Specialists of Alabama. It is interesting to note that Matt joined us 20 years ago on our team here to Zimbabwe as […]
Dear friends and supporters; Another very busy week has gone by. Two Australian eye nurses from the Perth Eye Hospital arrived on Saturday to spend 3 weeks with us as we teach, consult and prepare to start the new surgical retina training service. One of the nurses actually works in surgery where retina procedures are performed. She sets up the equipment and supplies for the cases, and scrubs in with the doctors. Her knowledge is […]
Dear Friends; We have now been in Zimbabwe for 1 week. The flights over were, thankfully, without any difficulties, although our transfer at Addis Abiba airport was quite stressful. We were surprised, but grateful, to see our luggage arrive when we landed in Bulawayo. Steve started back immediately with consultations and teaching. He found that the advanced cataract teaching program has continued in his absence. The fourth group of young eye doctors are now being […]