We also had the great honor of joining government officials in their flag-raising tradition in Plaza de Armas. We were invited alongside IRO to help raise awareness of the growing threat of Diabetic Retinopathy.
Unveiling new technology on board the Flying Eye Hospital
We have entered week two of our Flying Eye Hospital program in Trujillo, Peru. It’s been an eventful first week working alongside our partner Instituto Regional de Oftalmología (IRO) helping train and share skills with some truly inspirational people.
Our team of Volunteer Faculty members have been working round the clock to provide invaluable training to local eye teams. For the first time they have been using state-of-the-art simulation technology to increase the opportunities available to local doctors.
The UTC Aerospace Systems supported simulation center
This new program allows local ophthalmology teams to learn complex skills in a controlled environment before operating on a patient and breaks down a complex surgery into smaller parts allowing local doctors to focus on a certain skill—something you can’t do with a human eye.
Learning complex skills in a controlled environment
Simulation training has been used in the aviation sector for over 40 years, and in our quest to use the latest advancements in technology to help change the way the world sees, we teamed up with UTC Aerospace to draw on their years of experience in the field.
Stacey MacNeil
Vice President of Communications, UTC Aerospace Systems.
As a company of Ideas Born to Fly, UTC Aerospace Systems can’t imagine anything more important than equipping the world’s only flying eye hospital with the latest in simulation technology and bringing it to people in need around the world. That’s what started this relationship between us and Orbis — our shared vision to move the world forward to fight avoidable blindness.
We would like to say a big thank you to UTC Aerospace Systems for their generosity and commitment to fighting blindness. We could also like to thank our many partners who helped shape the training program; including Simulated Ocular Surgery, the University of Iowa and the Center for Virtual Care at the University of California, Davis.