It was one of the most meaningful weeks in my life. I would liketo thanks Orbis for the great week seeing it first hand how the Flying Eye Hospital team restores eyesight and trains others to transform lives in Ghana. There’s nothing more beautiful than seeing this beautiful world in your own eyes. It’s the third time the plane has been in Ghana where Orbis teams will be working alongside their partners - the Ministry of Health, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. This is not the first time Orbis Flying Eye Hospital worked in Ghana. With the Flying Eye Hospital ready for patients and training local doctors and health professionals, the next step is going to a local hospital to screen patients and bring them into the plane. Maintenance personnel can monitor the Flying Eye Hospital operations from the lower cargo deck. It was transformed into a maintenance and bio-med engineering office. What's also transformed is inside the forward cargo hold. Laser Room on Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Operation Room on Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Operation Room on Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Sub-Sterile Room on Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Recovery Room on Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Recovery Room on Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Within 3 hours, the entire Flying Eye Hospital was transformed. Nurses and doctors were busy unstrapping stowed away medical equipment, counting out the medical supplies and cleaning up the entire airplane. The transformation was not just outside, it is happening inside as well. Medical supplies were offloaded and sent into the country's hospital. It would run on its own power and water system. The Flying Eye Hospital is designed to sustain on its own in remote places. Among these were 2 power generators and several modules to provide the Flying Eye Hospital uninterrupted power and clean water supply. Several heavy pieces of cargo in the shape of container were off loaded from the cargo hold. I will show you the transformation of the Flying Eye Hospital once arrived in Ghana. There are a state of the art operating room, patient care and recovery room, laser and simulation training room and changing rooms on-board. Everything is packed away and strapped securely. I was given just a quick glimpse of the facilities on-board. The rest of the compartments were locked down during flight. The first zone is a passenger compartment, which is also used as a classroom for lectures during training. There are several compartments and rooms inside the plane. This amazing aircraft has been an example of the marriage between medicine and aviation! The captain mentioned to me the MD-10 does have the range to make a non-stop flight but it is more comfortable to have a refuel stop preparing in case of weather in Ghana requiring additional fuel. There were about 25 passengers including the pilots, mechanics, doctors, nurses, admin staff and myself on this flight. On Nov 8th morning, I boarded the Orbis MD-10-30 at Dubai World Central Airport (DWC) heading to Accra, Ghana with a refueling stop at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Nearly twice as far as its predecessor and requires only two pilots rather than This third incarnation of the Flying Eye Hospital can fly Team transform lives by preventing blindness and restoring eyesight.Ģ010, FedEx donated an MD-10 plane which took six years to convert into theįlying Eye Hospital. The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is unlike any plane I've seen before!Ī state-of-the-art teaching facility complete with operating room, classroom and recovery room – all housed on board an MD-10-30.Īm delighted to follow Orbis on a trip to Ghana to see first hand how the Orbis
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