Family Planning MOU Signing Phase 3 Friday, 24 July 2009 |
78-year old Lopez Group chair conquers yet another mountain Tuesday, 24 June 2008 |
No Scalpel Vasectomy Services in the Meralco Corporate Wellness Center Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
Go Ahead, Ask Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
A Health Fair Like No Other Monday, 21 January 2008 |
A Pact for Family Health Monday, 21 January 2008 |
Happy Families = Productive Workers Friday, 13 April 2007 |
76-year old Lopez chair summits Mt. Pulag Friday, 02 March 2007 |
Buntis Congress Sunday, 14 May 2006 |
Lopez Museum Disaster Preparedness Monday, 10 April 2006 |
New Vision for 100 Eyes Monday, 13 March 2006 |
USAID Grant for Lopez Group FP Monday, 13 March 2006 |
| New Vision for 100 Eyes |
|
The Asian Eye Institute (AEI), a total eye care center that provides specialized medical services for a full range of eye diseases and visual disorders, marks its anniversaries by providing Free Cataract Surgeries Mission for indigent Filipinos. In the Philippines, Cataract is the leading eye problem and many Filipinos from the marginalized sector of society do not get the care and treatment that they need for their eyes. The heart of the mission is to extend free surgeries to those who are suffering from Cataract but do not have the money for treatment. This is why AEI chose Cataract for their annual medical missions. Known to be the leading cause of blindness in the developing world, Cataract is a partial or total opacity (opaqueness) of the lens of the eye preventing light from passing freely through it, resulting in blurred vision. In 2004, the Asian Eye Institute and the Ophthalmological Foundation of the Philippines partnered with Operation Blessing, the non-profit humanitarian aid foundation of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), producer of THE 700 CLUB ASIA. Because of Operation Blessing’s deep entrenchment in community service, more patients were blessed by the free surgeries.
In their Mobile clinic at the Meralco compound, OFPHIL accepts indigents for surgery. OFPHIL also guides patients with the requirements needed prior to surgery. As the number of Cataract victims in the Philippines continues to rise, AEI, OFPHIL and OB work double time to address the growing need for eye care
March 13, 2006 |
The Ophthlamological Foundation of the Philippines or OFPHIL is a non-profit foundation with the mission of preventing and treating blindness among needy Filipinos who have no access to eye care.