Wednesday, June 24, 2009

10.3 Target: one million cases of cataracts

This is a news report on June 24, 2009:

来源:荆楚网 (楚天都市报 陈媛 田静欣 高翔 向清)

记者昨从湖北省卫生厅获悉,我省于近日启动“贫困白内障患者复明工程”,近万名患者可从中受益。  
今年,我国启动“百万贫困白内障患者复明工程”,计划利用3年时间,为100万名贫困白内障患者实施复明手术,湖北省今年的任务是9475例,每位患者将享受800元的费用减免。全省三级医院和大部分具备条件的二级医院都将成为项目医院。
昨日,中南医院开始接受手术报名,凡我省农业户口以及城镇下岗职工、低保、残疾人士等都可持相关证明到该院登记手术。
该院眼科主任蔡小军介绍,我国约有盲人1240多万,因白内障致盲人数约为699万,这其中又有15%的患者属于贫困阶层,无钱做手术。

Partial translation: "Hubei Province will soon institute a program, Cataract Vision Restoration for the Poor, and about 1 million patients will benefit. This is a 3-year program and for the current year, 9,475 patients will enjoy a $800 (about USD 100) discount for the surgery... It is estimated that there are 12.4 million blind in China. Of them, 6.99 million are cataract cases and 15% cannot afford to pay for the surgery [hence this program]."

Certainly a step in the right direction.

5 comments:

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Anonymous said...

come on eyedoc, forget about the simplified Kanji, please.
I cannot take it.
Cho-San

EyeDoc said...

OK, especially for you, Cho-San:

來源:荊楚網(楚天都市報 陳媛 田靜欣 高翔 向清)

記者昨從湖北省衛生廳獲悉,我省於近日啟動“貧困白內障患者復明工程”,近萬名患者可從中受益。  
今年,我國啟動“百萬貧困白內障患者復明工程”,計劃利用3年時間,為100萬名貧困白內障患者實施複明手術,湖北省今年的任務是9475例,每位患者將享受800元的費用減免。全省三級醫院和大部分具備條件的二級醫院都將成為項目醫院。
昨日,中南醫院開始接受手術報名,凡我省農業戶口以及城鎮下崗職工、低保、殘疾人士等都可持相關證明到該院登記手術。
該院眼科主任蔡小軍介紹,我國約有盲人1240多萬,因白內障致盲人數約為699萬,這其中又有15%的患者屬於貧困階層,無錢做手術。

Anonymous said...

多謝張三三拝。

EyeDoc said...

The pleasure is all mine.