Health

Sutureless cataract eye surgery operations:

Orange Electric donates Rs. 6m eye equipments

As part of their “Light for You Sight for Me” CSR programme, fully Sri Lankan family owned Electric Switch manufacturing giant Orange Electric donated a Phacoemulasifier Machine valued at Rs. 6 million to perform sutureless cataract eye surgery.

“This state-of-the-art machine which was most needed by this hospital will now help eye surgeons to conduct

cataract operations without the use of traditional scalpel and sutures so we can avoid 90% of infections that may occur after such surgery, specially in areas like Kurunegala, where purified water is scarce,” said, Consultant Ophthalmologist of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Dr. Miss. Lilanthi Dharmaratne who initiated the request and received the machine from the Orange Electric Chairperson Tilaka Kodituwakku.

“This donation was possible due to the confidence our customers had in us by choosing Orange Bulbs. Today all Orange Bulb packages carry our CSR message “Light for You, Sight for Me” so that our customers also can be a part of this meritorious act,” said Kodituwakku, who heads the CSR program.

Orange Electric leader in electrical switches and sockets in Sri Lanka. Two years ago the company introduced a range of Household bulbs, energy saving CFLs and tube lights. Today Orange lighting bulbs boasts of a 35% market share in Sri Lanka with sales of over 750,000 bulbs a month.

“As a Sri Lankan company we wanted to give our people something in return other than the lights we sell, said the Chief Operating Officer of Orange Lighting Abdul Zubair.

“It is our aim to assist the government and other NGOs to eradicate avoidable blindness so that our people will be able to see the world with Orange Lighting when the sun sets,” said the CEO (International Operations) of Orange Electric Ananda Rajapakse who was associated in setting up this CSR program for the company in consultation with, advisor to the Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped, Dr. Wickrema Weerasooriya.

During the past year, Orange Lighting has helped over 300 people to undergo cataract surgery by meeting the cost of cataract lenses and facilitating surgeries at government hospitals.

This is a good example of a Sri Lankan Company who proudly associates with such a meritorious act, as service to the blind which cuts across all people irrespective of colour, religion, race or creed. For information www.iorange.biz

Specialists from Singapore tertiary hospital

NATIONAL HOSPITAL, National Hospital, Sri Lanka and Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Singapore’s largest acute tertiary hospital and national referral centre, are jointly organising a medical seminar on the latest medical technology and techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery.

More than 300 doctors and healthcare officials from the various hospitals in Sri Lanka including National Hospital and Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital are expected to attend the seminar.

Orthopaedic surgeons from SGH will be sharing the latest surgical techniques available to manage spinal disorders, including minimally invasive surgical procedures for the management of various conditions such as low back pain, osteoporotic fractures and spinal deformities.

They will also be sharing innovative minimally invasive procedures for knee and hip replacement surgery for the

 management of severe osteoarthritis in the joints.

“SGH welcomes this opportunity to cross-share insights in medical advances with doctors in Sri Lanka. We have had a history of sharing medical expertise through conferences, fellowships and training stints.

Hence, this seminar serves as an extension of our existing working relationship. We hope it will be the start of many more to come,” said Prof. Tay Boon Keng, Chairman, Medical Board (International), Sing Health.

The high patient-volumes in SGH have allowed our healthcare professionals to hone their skills and build clinical expertise. Most importantly, it has allowed SGH to be early adopters of proven medical technology, which has improved patient outcomes.

The most significant of these technologies is the suite of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) techniques for the treatment of various conditions from cancer to slip discs. In addition, SGH was the first in Asia to use both computer-assisted and MIS techniques for knee replacement surgery in 2005. It is also the training ground for doctors in the region for new MIS techniques for spine surgery.

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is Singapore’s largest acute tertiary hospital and national referral centre. Dedicated to providing multi disciplinary medical care and backed by state-of-the-art facilities, it offers team-based quality patient care that is widely acknowledged to be amongst the best in the world.

Established in 1821, SGH is Singapore’s public sector flagship hospital. SingHealth is the largest healthcare group in Singapore, offering a complete range of multidisciplinary and integrated medical care.

The group consists of 3 hospitals, 5 national specialist centres and a network of 9 polyclinics. We have a faculty of internationally qualified medical specialists and we are also well equipped with advanced diagnostic and treatment medical technology.