UP AND KHMER SIGHT FOUNDATION LAUNCH EYE CLINIC AT UP

To improve opportunities for UP students (as well as provide sustainable eye care) UP and Khmer Sight Foundation has launched upon a new ophthalmology complex at UP’s campus. This one-stop center performs eye screening and clinical operations by international expert doctors as well as local Cambodian ophthalmologists.

Almost 30,000 Cambodians go blind each year and this service provides life-changing surgery to those who can least afford it. The clinic hosts a wide variety of cutting-edge equipment including Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT, used to detect retina problem, especially useful for patient with high blood pressure, diabetes), Slit Lamp (Microscope to diagnose eye program), Auto refraction for patient with sight problem and Phaco machine, the latest surgical machine to treat cataracts.

UP believes in giving students the best teaching by using the best equipment and the best teachers. Not only do patients benefit from international expertise and modern equipment but UP students have the opportunity to learn and train to equip them for their future career as health care professionals