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【medical-news】博士伦公司向防盲组织捐赠人工晶
英国Surrey讯----博士伦公司向世界范围内的防盲组织捐赠9.500玫人工晶体以支持发展中国家的防盲活动.
每年防盲组织约行238,514 次白内障手术.
200,000英镑的人工晶体将会使数千名接受白内障手术的病人今后的生活发生改变.
博士伦英国分公司总经理Gareth Steer介绍说,"博士伦英国分公司从去年开始对一些声誉良好的慈善活动给予关注,如防盲人员,英国防盲运动及视力测定等"."我们相信这些慈善机构使白内障病人生活质量的显著改善同我们的"改善视力,提高生活质量'的使命相一致,并且我们对他们工作提供支持而感到自豪".
相关防盲组织已将第一批人工晶体运至赞比亚的相关医疗组织,在这个月其他批次人工晶体将运至乌干达,利比里亚,尼日利亚以及喀麦隆.
(OT Feb 15, 2008)
Bausch & Lomb donates IOLs
Feb 15, 2008
Ophthalmology Times
Surrey, U.K.—Bausch & Lomb donated 9,500 IOLs to Sightsavers International in support of its campaign to cure and prevent blindness in developing countries.
About 238,514 cataract operations are carried out annually by Sightsavers. The £200,000 lenses will be life changing to the thousands of individual who receive the cataract operations.
"Bausch & Lomb U.K. decided last year to focus our charitable support on a few reputable eye related charities, such as Sightsavers, British Blind Sport, and Optometry Giving Sight," said Gareth Steer, general manager of Bausch & Lomb, U.K. "We believe that the incredible difference that these charities make to people's lives is completely aligned to our own mission of 'Perfecting Vision and Enhancing Life', and we are proud to support their wonderful work."
Sightsavers has already sent the first batch to projects in Zambia and others will go to Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria, and Cameroon later this month. 请提供原文及出处。 [标签:content1][标签:content2]
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