The Government of Japan, under the Japan 's Grassroots
Grant Assistance Scheme, will provide a grant aid of US$ 92,238
to “Helen Keller International” for procurement of eye
operating equipment for Department of Ophthalmology of North Okkalapa
General Hospital in Yangon Division.
The hospital was commissioned in 1970 as a 200-bedded
facility and later upgraded to the third biggest hospital in Myanmar
. The Department of Ophthalmology of that hospital was established
in 2002 and its outpatient clinic has been in function since then.
The clinic receives some assistance in kind, for diagnosis and treatment
of eye patients, from Helen Keller International, a non-profit organization
which has been supporting the prevention and combating of blindness
and trachoma in Myanmar since 2000. In order to enable the Department
to perform cataract surgeries and other eye care and treatment,
eye operating microscope, autokeratorefractometer, ophthalmic A
and B scan, slit lamp, sterilizers, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopes,
and surgical instruments will be funded through Helen Keller International.
It is expected that the contribution would benefit the needy patients
especially from Yangon 's satellite townships.
The Grant Contract to this effect is signed on
30 January 2006 at the Embassy of Japan in Yangon , between Mr.
Hiroshi Kawamura, Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission , Embassy of
Japan to the Union of Myanmar, and Dr. Roy Tjiong, Deputy Country
Director of “Helen Keller International”.
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