Dear Br Dr Musa
President FIMA
Assalamu Allaikum.
FIMA has started its relief activities with more zeal and zest in the beginning of new Hijri Year. Fima Save Vision has started this year with a great activity in two different states of Nigeria. A team of four ophthalmologists and one OT assistant from Pakistan under the leadership of Dr Intzar Hussain Butt have arrived in Lagos-Nigeria. They will reach Kano tomorrow where they will be joined by two eye surgeons & one OTA from Saudi Arabia, two eye surgeons from Jordan and one eye surgeon from Egypt. These nine eye surgeons & two OTAs along with many local paramedics will start the first eye camp in Hadejia on 30th of December and will continue till 3rd of Jan 2009.
During this camp a minimum of 500 cataract surgeries with IOL implantation are planned. This team will move to Madughuri on 4th of Jan and start another camp on 5th of Jan InshaAllah; where another 500 surgeries are planned.
During this camp a workshop for Ophthalmic Nurses and another for eye surgeons is also planned. For local eye surgeons a special training program on Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) will be conducted during this period.
All the activities in Madughuri are scheduled under the combined banner of FIMA and Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation and are part of the joint venture of the two organizations.
Wassalam
Prof Dr Hafeez Ur Rahman
Director
Fima Save Vision
Tonight, 24th April 2009, I had the distinct honor of accepting the Rosenthal Award on behalf of hundreds of Muslim volunteer physicians and health professionals who saved vision for over 40,000 across many African and Asian countries, under the umbrella of FIMA Save Vision, at the 2009 Convocation of American College of Physicians, held in Philadelphia.
Attached is a photo of the award and yours truly with Dr Jeffrey Harris, President of ACP and Dr. William Applegate, Chirman Board of Regents of ACP.
Congratulations to all involved in this noble cause.
Once I receive the official photos of the ceremony, will share with you insha'Allah.
Dr. Parvaiz Malik
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Completion Report - WBTF - SAVE VISION December 2008 - June 2009
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