SOMALILAND: Lasting Solution for Eye vision

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HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — For long, the nation has suffered from poor eye health care and lack of facilities for treatment. In addition, due to the lack of experts the population was obligated to seek medical care from neighboring countries.

Those who couldn’t afford where the victims most and would pay the ultimate prize. It has been estimated that more than 2000 people loss their vision each year in Somaliland.

These people suffer from different diagnosis such as, Glaucoma, Trauma and similar illness. However, the main cause of blindness is Cataract, which makes 80% of the total cases so far.

Menhal Hospital was working in tackling this tragedy and performing free eye surgery for the community in need. So far it has played an important role in the health sector and performed surgeries for many people.

People who came from as far as Keyna’s northern states, Ethiopian Somali region, Djibouti and South Somalia. With the help from Arab Medical Union, by sending teams of doctors to carry out the surgery and financial support the hospital was able to cope with the increasing number of the patients and restore the lost vision of many. Despite of this, there was strong presence of local talent in this.
Dr. Mohamud Ahmed Shiine director of mental hospital and Ophthalmologist him self played a vital role. As one of the few Somalilander eye specialist doctor, he has performed much of the surgeries in the past years. He alone revealed the eyes of more than 30,000 people successfully in the last eight years. In fact, he could perform the surgery for a patient in less than six minutes which gain him wide range acceptance.

To encourage this local talents, Arab Medical Union in collaboration with WHO has trained seven doctors from all the Somali regions to perform full eye surgery. They were trained to handle the case like, Squint Surgery, Glaucoma and Refractive Errors.

This training which has ended on last Friday was held in Menhal Hospital premises. In addition to that, there was a six day training for nine medical works in how to operate Ultrasound with the collaboration with of Afro-Asian Institute of medical science.

Although, the two trains where different and funded by different donors, however, their aim was similar to increase local talents for better handling health care.
“The entire trainees were active and participatory in the trend of the training days”, said the foreigner trainers,” and they gain the maximum knowledge from their training”. The trainers add that the trainees had promised to help the nation that is in despite situation for health care in any given situation.

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The same hospital in hargeisa

Cisbitaalka Manhal oo Fuliyay Qaliino Culus oo Loo Adeegsanayo Laysarka Daawo
Written by Qarannews
Jun 01, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Hargeysa,(Qarannews)-Cisbitaalka Manhal ee Magaalada Hargeysa ayaa maanta markii u horraysay fuliyay qaliino culus oo loo adeegsanayo laysarka waxaana qaliin lagu sameeyay toban qof, oo ka cabanayay Xameetida iyo Uurku jirta.




Qaliinkan waxa iska kaashaday Cisbitaalka Manhal iyo dhakhaatiir Yemaniyiin ah.Agaasimaha Cisbitaalka Manhal ee Magaalada Hargeysa Dr. Yaasiin Carab Cabdi, ayaa tafaasiil ka bixiyay qaliinkan iyo waxyaabaha uu kaga duwan yahay qaliinadii hore ee ay fulin jireen



Waxaanu yidhi “Horta qaliinkan Laysarka loo adeegsanayo ee maanta toban qof cisbitaalka Manhal fulinayo



Waxa la adeegsanayaa qalab tuumbo ah oo afka kamarad ku sita, kaasi ayaa samaynaya qaliinka. Macnuhu waxa weeye qaliinkii qofka bini’aadmiga ah caloosha inta la furo xubnaheeda wax laga soo saari jiray ma aha qaliinkani. Waa qaliin tuumbo lama meelood qofka laga gelinayo oo kamarada lagu eegayo sida qaliinka loo fulinayo. Sidaasi darteed qaliinkani laysarku wuxuu fududaynayaa oo aan jirayn nabarkii weynaa ee qofka calooshiisa lagu sameeynayay waxa lagu samaynayaa laba dalool oo yar yar.”



Dr. Yaasiin Carab Cabdi wuxuu sheegay in qofka qaliinka laysarka lagu sameeyaa uu ku bogsanayo muddo laba cisho ah, halka qaliinada kalena todobaad qofku jiifayo.

Agaasimaha Cisbitaalka Manhal oo la weydiiyay faa’iidada qaliinada noocan oo kale ahi dalka u yeelanayo waxaanu ku jawaabay “Siyaasada Manhal u taalla ee aanu doonayno in lagu dhaqmo waxa weeye in la buuxiyo baahidii caafimaad ee dalku qabay ee dalka dibadiisa loo tagi jiray oo dhan, waxaanu doonaynaa in cisbitaalka laga helo adeegyadii caafimaad ee aan dalka hore looga heli jirin, taasi waxay dadweynaha u tahay fursad wanaagsan iyo waxtar weyn in waxay dibada u tagi jireen ay dalka ka helaan.”

Agaasimaha wuxuu sheegay in bishii hore ay dalka keeneen dhakhaatiir qaliino dhegaha ah sameeyay oo 4 qof u beeray maqalka dhegaha waxaanu tilmaamay in bishan June dhexdeeda ay iman doonaan dhakhaatiir ajanabi ah oo qaabilsan xanuunada wadnaha.

Dr. Yaasiin Carab Cabdi wuxuu sheegay in qaliinada dhegaha iyo qaliinka lagu fulinayo laysarka ay ku rajo weyn yihiin in la joogteeyo.

Cisbitaalka Manhal oo xarumo caafimaad ku leh qaar ka mid ah gobolada dalka waxay sheegeen inay dhawrkii sanadood ee la soo dhaafay ay indhaha u jeexeen in ka badan 200.000 oo qof oo ka kala yimid deegaanada Mandaqada Geeska Afrika oo dhan.

Last Updated ( Jun 01, 2010 at 01:59 PM )
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We need more of that across somaliland improving the health facilities of the country.

[Dhaga Bacayl]

That hospital is well organized and classically functioning facility. You can have your own room with all the amenities for $20 a night. Way better than Adna Hospital which might have a better maternity medicine but sucks in general medical issues, something she tries to capitalize without having the proper medical equipments and the doctors to provide such service.

Most of the outpatient surgeries are free.

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