(VOV) - The Fred Hollows Foundation of Australia has donated another 117,000 USD to support eye care workers in Thua Thien - Hue.

A patient is being diagnosed using high technology in Hue optithalmology hospital (Photo: VNA)

The money will enable the Hue eye hospital to train eye surgeons and upgrade the facilities and equipment of the eye care centers in Nam Dong, Phong Dien, and Phu Loc. The community eye care programs in Thua Thien Hue have received a total 1 million USD from FHF since 2006. Previously, under the FHF’s “avoidable blindness” project, the Hue ophthalmology hospital was constructed. 200 outpatients and 100 inpatients can be diagnosed and treated here each day.