Canvasback Eye Team
September 18-29, 2000
Kosrae & Chuuk
Federated States of Micronesia
The
team unpacks dozens of
boxes of supplies and equipment
they brought for their mission.
O.R. nurse
Lauren Petford offers
reassurance to a patient about to undergo cataract surgery.
Left:
Dr. Bob Shearer and Dr. Sally
Mellgran provide expert surgical care
to their cataract patients.
Below:
Surgeons remove of a dense
pterygium (growth) that threatened
this young man's eyesight.
gift of sight that he returned with gifts
of his own. The O.R. staff areshown
here sporting their new marmars
(headbands) and shell necklaces.
It
was an honor for the team
to meet with the governor
and first lady of Kosrae.
