The Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust (MHMT) &
The Miriam Hyman Children's Eye Care Centre (MHCECC)
Download the brochure for the MHCECC (.pdf)
On July 3rd 2008 the newly-built Miriam Hyman Children’s Eye Care Centre opens in the two-year-old L V Prasad Eye Institute in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, north east coast of India. www.lvpei.org
The change in our plans follows a decision to utilise capital and interest in the Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund held by ORBIS UK, which has been transferred to the Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust (UK Registered Charity No. 1124032).
This, together with compensation money following 7/7, will provide essential equipment for the MHCECC. The MHMT will support the Centre in consultation with the L V Prasad Eye Institute. In the short-term the MHMT will provide state-of-the-art equipment and make the environment child-friendly and welcoming, while in the future there are unlimited possibilities for expansion and training programmes.
There are approximately eight million blind people in India; one million are under sixteen. Visual impairment has a devastating impact on a child's development, education, work opportunities and quality of life.
Approximately fifty per cent of childhood blindness is preventable or treatable. Early diagnosis and treatment can significantly reduce the debilitating effects of visual impairment on a growing child’s life.
The Miriam Hyman Children's Eye Care Centre at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, is committed to providing high-quality comprehensive eye care to children, with special focus on those who are underprivileged and underserved, by offering:
• advanced diagnostic tests for out-patients and in-patients
• care for all subspecialties of ophthalmology, as well as rehabilitative and low vision services
• state-of-the-art surgical facilities, including pre-operative and recovery rooms
• child-friendly waiting and play areas
• specialist paediatric teams
• an excellent quality of service irrespective of the ability to pay
The Miriam Hyman Children’s Eye Care Centre will make an impact on the lives of thousands of underprivileged children, who otherwise have little access to eye care in the state of Orissa (population: 50 million).
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, set up in 1987, is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the prevention of blindness and a globally recognised Centre of Excellence.
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LVPEI has hospitals in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.
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Work in progress: Installing equipment at the MHCECC |
Decorating the MHCECC to make it child-friendly |
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L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar |
Wednesday 11-June-2008