The Jing Yuan Charity Foundation, the Chow Tai Fook Medical Foundation, and philanthropist Mrs May Tam Mak Mei Yin have jointly funded the “The ECCF Charitable Cataract Surgery Program” . This initiative aims to provide free cataract surgeries for low-income individuals, including Cataract surgery with a single-focus intraocular lens and three follow-up visits after surgery. The program is expected to benefit approximately 200 to 400 eligible individuals, helping to restore vision for over 400 eyes.<\/p>
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Program Details:
– One pre-operative examination and intraocular lens measurement
– Cataract surgery with a single-focus intraocular lens (monofocal)
– A set of postoperative anti-inflammatory eye drops
– Three follow-up visits after surgery<\/p>
Target Audience\uff1a
– Volunteer ophthalmologists regularly offer eye screening services across various
districts to identify patients with eye diseases.
– Volunteer ophthalmologists regularly visit the partnering institution, “CareAge Health Centre,” to diagnose patients within the community.
– Eligible patients referred by ophthalmologists.<\/p>
Eligibility Criteria:
– Patients who are suitable for surgery under local anesthesia.
– Low-income individuals currently receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance or Old Age Living Allowance, and have been assessed and recommended by our volunteer doctors and registered social workers.
– All applicants must sign a consent form to participate in the program.<\/p>
Application Procedures:
– Eligible applicants should call 2330 6722 to pre-register with the designated review agency, “Sham Shui Po CareAge Health Centre of Community CareAge Foundation,” and complete the application procedures.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jing Yuan Charity Foundation, the Chow Tai Fook Medical Foundation, and philanthropist Mrs May Tam Mak Mei Yin have jointly funded the “The ECCF Charitable Cataract Surgery Program” . […]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[125,126,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3596,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3592\/revisions\/3596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3592"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jing-yuan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=3592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}