Japanese Charity Donates Eye Surgical Equipments to Delek Hospital[Thursday, 26 May 2011, 4:12 p.m.]

From left: Dr Tseten Dorjee, CMO, Tibetan Delek Hospital, Mr Hiroshi Mashio, chairman of Ashikaga Lions Club, Mr Takashi Kashiwase, governor of ALC and Mr Mitsu Kariware, eye specialist and surgeon during the press conference in Dharamsala on 26 May 2011

DHARAMSHALA:
Ashikaga Lions Club (ALC), a Japanese charity organisation, had donated
Opthalmic Yag Laser System and Auto Refract-Keratometer, two eye
surgical equipments to the Tibetan Delek hospital in Dharamsala in
January this year.The officials from both Delek Hospital and
the charity announced this to reporters at a press conference held at
Delek hospital today.Taking into consideration the benefits of
the vital surgical equipment for the local Indian and the Tibetan
people, Delek hospital had donated one of the equipments “Opthalmic Yag
Laser System” to Zonal hospital, an Indian government hospital in
Dharamsala, the Delek Hospital said.The Zonal hospital received
the equipment in January this year and it has successfully treated
around 120 patients, Mitsu Kariware, a Japanese eye specialist and
surgeon, told reporters today. Hiroshi Mashio, chairman of the
Ashikaga Lions Club, said that (ALC) is a charity organisation and they
perform various tasks such as operating eye bank. He also added that
they will make best efforts to serve the general public.Dr
Tsetan Dorjee, Chief Medical Officer of Delek hospital, thanked the
Japanese organisation for providing them with the vital eye surgical
equipments.The organisation has been conducting annual eye
surgery camps for the Tibetan and local Indian people in Dharamsala in
co-ordination with Delek hospital since last eleven years.