Eye Clinic - WCH
Eye Clinic Department
Division objectives.
- To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service.
- To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions.
- To provide technical support to other health regions and duties.
- To provide diagnostic and therapeutic equipment’s for WCH.
- To develop the capacity of ophthalmic staff at WCG.
- To improve efficiency and staff performance at WCH ophthalmic services and staff from different clinics /HK in Khomas District.
A Brief description of your services.
- This clinic is Referral clinic from all other regions.
- This is the National referred eye care service
- We provide diagnostic and clinical and surgical service.
- We provide ocular prosthetic services at the unit level.
- If conduct a mini surgical project in WCH of conduct continuous monitoring and quickly control of post cataract visual outcome.
- Develop a national cataract control program
- If provided/conduct of monthly outreach surgical visit to selected district hospital.
- This clinic serves /provide/conduct the outreach services to offer regions for screening diagnosis treatment and diagnosing and referral system.
Requirement (what is it require from whoever wants to receive that service)
- Any Namibian and Non-Namibian client is required to provide her/his identify document to determine when is reached age 60.
- They need MOHSS health passport
- The under 60yrs old need to pay the screen
- Over 60yrs patients do not pay
- All paying are needed to be booked.
Process: What is the process chain /produce of receiving your services/)
- Referral system, need to be booked
Annual Time Table
- Whole year; we see all patients
- As from MAY-SEPTEMBER – We conduct cataract surgical project to different regions.
- Jan-November: we conduct (screening, days, referral) outreach services to the regions where there are no eye care service.
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