The Taitung Hospital Ophthalmology Action Team of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which has been to Nepal for free clinics, has recently also been to Dawu, Guanshan and other places in Taitung for free clinics in towns and villages where ophthalmic medical resources are scarce, and has also been able to detect eye diseases or strabismus problems in some elders or children early.
Holding a handheld ophthalmoscope or optometrist, the elderly and children will be thoroughly examined one by one. These examination data will be immediately transmitted to Taitung Hospital through the wireless medical data system. More than 50 elderly people and children on site will Screening out many children with abnormal vision development and elderly people in need of cataract surgery.
Parent Ms. Lin: "(Ask the doctor) Is there any way to remedy it? (All three), no, its just the eldest child (squinting). Lets check the eyes of the second and third children."
Free clinic optometrist Lin Mingde: "The younger ones are very young and the older ones are very old, so some are presbyopic, and the vision development of children will be more obvious."Taitung Hospital ophthalmologist Xie Jingru said: "For the elderly, it is probably cataracts and nebula. Because Taitung has good Medical resources are not as good as those in Taitung City. The Taitung Family Assistance Center cooperates with Taitung Hospital and invites an ophthalmology action team to Dawu and Guanshan to conduct free clinics to assist disadvantaged families in early detection and treatment of possible eye diseases., water and sunshine, many people have nebula. We will also donate goggles and sunglasses here. "
Medical resources are not as good as those in Taitung City. The Taitung Family Assistance Center cooperates with Taitung Hospital and invites an ophthalmology action team to Dawu and Guanshan to conduct free clinics to assist disadvantaged families in early detection and treatment of possible eye diseases.
Family Support Social Worker Supervisor Cai Ziyun: "As for medical care, there are relatively few opportunities in rural areas. Due to transportation problems, it is difficult to go to urban areas for some examinations."
Taitung Hospital also emphasized that eye examination equipment has been advanced to the point of being handheld and uses the Internet to transmit data, making remote mobile medical treatment more convenient and reducing the delay in examination and treatment due to lack of transportation.