This mission was the third oculoplastic surgery and DCR mission at Oudomxay Provincial Hospital and the first time dacryocustorhinostomy was performed by Endo DCR in Laos. The mission was funded by generous doctors from Bumrungrad, Mettapracharak, Nakhornrajsema, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rutnin Eye Hospitals of Thailand in association with Lao Rehabilitation Foundation from USA. Click here to download (Part 1) and (Part 2) or (Lao Language) report
The primary focus for this mission was the training of two local ophthalmologists to perform cataract surgery by phacoemulsification technique on a machine donated by Lao Rehabilitation Foundation. During this mission, 274 patients were examined and surgery performed on by phacoemulsification on 44 patients. Click here to download the report
Lao Rehabilitation Foundation (LRF) provides support for two children of Oudomxay Province A little boy with both arms and one leg fractured, a little girl with congenital heart disease October, 2016 – Somchan and Lina are two of the many children Lao Rehabilitation Foundation took care of in Laos. Somchan a nine year old little boy broke both arms and one leg when falling Read more…
Hadset is a small Akha village of Bountai district, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. It is located in Bountai district at a distance of 24 km of dirt road from the district center. The access is difficult. For many years, the village of 71 families living in 51 houses did not have clean water access, no toilet, and not much hope for a better future. People washed themselves from a polluted stream that runs near the Read more…
This is the first time a mobile health care team visited BanKhon and Nahom Health Centers in Beng District, Oudomxay province. Health care in Beng District is provided by 6 health centers covering 57 villages. Ban Khon health center covers 9 villages (Thaidam and Khamou) with a catchment population of 4,612. Nahom health center covers 15 villages (Hmong and Khamou) with a catchment population of 4,950 people. The centers are located at 28 and 25 Read more…
This is the first time a mobile health care team visited Ban Khouang Health Center in Namor District, Oudomxay province. The team was staffed by Lao physicians, dentists and nurses. Namor district is one of 7 districts of ODX province. The population numbers 38,891 people (2014). 90% of the land is in high mountains, the economy is mainly agricultural and farming. Health care in Namor district is provided by 9 health centers covering 74 villages. Read more…
At the request of Vientiane Health Department, LRF drilled a deep well at Naxaythong village located at an hour drive North of Vientiane Capital. The borehole, 180 feet deep, now provides the community of several thousand residents supplemental clean water which is particularly needed during the dry season. Click here to watch a video on the Nayxaythong well project
For many years, water arrived at HouiPhord village (a remote Akha village of Phongsaly province) from a spring located at nearly two kilometers from the village through old pipes the villagers had salvaged from a previous failed water project. Water was delivered at a central location where all people used it for drinking, cooking bathing and washing clothes. Women and children worked hard to bring water from that central location to their homes. Water was Read more…
This is the first time a mobile health care team visited SaenJod Health Center in Oudomxay province. The team was entirely staffed by Lao physicians and nurses from Oudomxay Provincial Hospital. SaenJod is one of 8 health care centers of Nga district in Oudomxay province. The population is 4,095. The village is located at a distance of 42 km from Nga city by difficult dirt road. The center is staffed by 3 nurses. Their main Read more…
Our largest team yet of health care professionals (32 people) drove to Phongsaly province to deliver mobile health care services in six main areas: ENT, dental, eye disease; expectant mothers, adult internal medicine and pediatric services. All services included experts, medical doctors and nurses to examine patients and provide treatment to a total of 3,385 patients (Female: 2,044) in 2 district hospitals, 1 health center and 1 primary school. It included: E.N.T. 653 (F 336), Read more…