Restoring sight : OCULOPLASTIC surgery, which is plastic surgery around the eyes and the face

BY ANIKA RICHARDS Online/Health Co-ordinator richardsai@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, March 15, 2015    
Dr Albert Lue, head of the Ophthalmology Department at Kingston Public Hospital, explains how the department will use the equipment donated to them by the Latter-day Saints Charities. Listening attentively are (from left) Senior Medical Officer at KPH Dr Natalie Whylie, KPH CEO Verna Dwyer, Regional Director for the South East Regional Health Authority Maureen Golding, oculoplastic surgeon with the Latter-day Saints Charities Dr Todd Engen, SERHA Chairman Dr Andrei Cooke, and president of the Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine stake of the LDS Andrew Lue. (PHOTOS: MICHAEL GORDON)
OCULOPLASTIC surgery, which is plastic surgery around the eyes and the face, goes beyond merely being a cosmetic procedure. In fact, some 13 patients of the Ophthalmology Department at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) might be testament to this, after they benefitted last week from the expertise of a group of doctors who visited the island from the United States, as part of the Latter-day Saints (LDS) Charities mission. The group arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday night and was slated to perform 14 oc ... Read More
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