Seven eye specialists from Fiji are in Samoa to make a difference, thanks to assistance from the Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand.
And since the beginning of the week, hundreds of patients have been flocking to the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital to take advantage of the services available. The team is in the country for a week.
The services are being provided free of charge.
For patient, Tulua Fale Molia, from Lutuanu’u, the visit from the group is a god-send.
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“The service provided is great,” said Tulua. “It is worth a trip to the hospital for. I had problems with my eyesight but now I have been checked and have been given some medication.
“I feel much better. My advice to all the patients is to keep staying on the medication, they are working.”
Tautala Tolia, of Fa’ato’ia, was equally excited.
“My retinas remained detached but I kept believing and thanking the Lord for my healing through this team from New Zealand.”
“I kept declaring, “As Jesus is, so am I in this world, and I also prayed and believing for a good report. With the help of this team, I have been healed.”
The Fred Hollows Foundation carries on the work of a very special New Zealander, the late Professor Fred Hollows (1929-1993). Fred was an internationally acclaimed eye surgeon and social justice activist who championed the right of all people to high quality and affordable eye care.
The Fred Hollows Foundation was established in Sydney, Australia, on 3 September 1992, just five months before Professor Fred Hollows passed away.
In New Zealand, as of 2011, the Foundation trained 44 Pacific eye health workers, restored sight to 6,886 people, screened and treated 6,357 people at its diabetes eye clinic in Fiji, held 14 surgical outreaches in remote communities in the Pacific Islands, and dispensed spectacles to more than 7,069 patients.
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