Few things are as rewarding as watching the joy on a cataract patient’s face when the bandages first come off and he or she can see again after being blind for years. The expression of wonder and happiness makes all the effort worthwhile. For the fourth time in six years, our great eye surgery team, […]
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Iakobwa Kabong could only walk on his knees and shuffle around on pieces of cardboard back on Christmas Island in Kiribati before he was admitted to Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu. And he didn’t have use of his hands. He would push himself forward on his knuckles and use the cardboard like a sled […]
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Our intrepid heart team has returned home after seeing 177 patients in a week’s time on isolated Christmas Island in the central Pacific, where they identified nine needing life-saving surgery. Plans are underway now to bring the nine patients to Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas for surgery, says team leader cardiothoracic surgeon […]
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Plans are now nearing completion for a comprehensive campaign to fight diabetes in the Line Islands of Kiribati, where adult onset rates are among the highest in the world… more than 30 per cent of adults suffer with Type 2 adult onset diabetes, according to results of our recent Pacific Islands Medical Aid studies. Our […]
Two of our intrepid Pacific Islands Medical Aid volunteer physicians have returned from two isolated islands in Kiribati in the Central Pacific where they identified 41 blind and nearly blind islanders needing cataract surgery and dispensed hundreds of pairs of long distance vision and reading glasses. Veteran PIMA volunteer physician and general surgeon Dr. Larry […]
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Our advance eye surgery team, led by long-time Pacific Islands Medical Aid volunteer Dr. Larry Falk, M.D. , along with recently-retired ophthalmologist Dr. Jack F. Mason, M.D., has just returned from the isolated islands of Tabuaeran, Teraina and Kiritimati in the Central Pacific where they identified more than 50 islanders needing cataract surgery. In addition, […]
High rates of uterine cancer plague Pacific Island nations and threaten the lives of adult women who have no means of early detection or treatment. To help stem the tide and provide preventive treatment, our volunteer Women’s Health team has just completed it’s third mission to Christmas Island in the isolated island nation of Kiribati, […]
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Blind Islanders Can See Again; Team Performs 48 Surgeries
/in Blog /by PIMAFew things are as rewarding as watching the joy on a cataract patient’s face when the bandages first come off and he or she can see again after being blind for years. The expression of wonder and happiness makes all the effort worthwhile. For the fourth time in six years, our great eye surgery team, […]
Iakobwa Now Learns to Walk; Shriners Brings About Miracle
/in Blog /by PIMAIakobwa Kabong could only walk on his knees and shuffle around on pieces of cardboard back on Christmas Island in Kiribati before he was admitted to Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu. And he didn’t have use of his hands. He would push himself forward on his knuckles and use the cardboard like a sled […]
PIMA Heart Team Sees 177; Nine Require Cardiac Surgery
/in Blog /by PIMAOur intrepid heart team has returned home after seeing 177 patients in a week’s time on isolated Christmas Island in the central Pacific, where they identified nine needing life-saving surgery. Plans are underway now to bring the nine patients to Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas for surgery, says team leader cardiothoracic surgeon […]
Diabetes Attack Team Plans Twice Yearly Expeditions
/in Blog /by PIMAPlans are now nearing completion for a comprehensive campaign to fight diabetes in the Line Islands of Kiribati, where adult onset rates are among the highest in the world… more than 30 per cent of adults suffer with Type 2 adult onset diabetes, according to results of our recent Pacific Islands Medical Aid studies. Our […]
Intrepid Volunteer Physicians Venture To Aid Eye Patients
/in Blog /by PIMATwo of our intrepid Pacific Islands Medical Aid volunteer physicians have returned from two isolated islands in Kiribati in the Central Pacific where they identified 41 blind and nearly blind islanders needing cataract surgery and dispensed hundreds of pairs of long distance vision and reading glasses. Veteran PIMA volunteer physician and general surgeon Dr. Larry […]
Advance Team Identifies Cataract Patients
/in Blog /by PIMAOur advance eye surgery team, led by long-time Pacific Islands Medical Aid volunteer Dr. Larry Falk, M.D. , along with recently-retired ophthalmologist Dr. Jack F. Mason, M.D., has just returned from the isolated islands of Tabuaeran, Teraina and Kiritimati in the Central Pacific where they identified more than 50 islanders needing cataract surgery. In addition, […]
Team Fights Cervical Cancer, Continues Training Program
/in Blog /by PIMAHigh rates of uterine cancer plague Pacific Island nations and threaten the lives of adult women who have no means of early detection or treatment. To help stem the tide and provide preventive treatment, our volunteer Women’s Health team has just completed it’s third mission to Christmas Island in the isolated island nation of Kiribati, […]