Sehewa’s New Toys!
Sehewa Mganga, FAME’s RN Head Anesthetist also trained as an Ophthalmic Assistant and has 10 years of experience practicing optometry. FAME has been receiving more and more patients in need of eye care. In June alone Sehewa treated 48 optometry patients. In order to support the growing needs around optometry care, FAME has procured two new digital machines for conducting eye examinations.
Picture 1: Slit Lamp, a microscope with a bright light that enables a closer look at the outer and inner structures of the eye, in order to detect diseases.
Picture 2: Digital Visual Acuity Chart, a comprehensive vision tester operated by a remote with dedicated keys for each chart. This makes Sehewa’s job much easier, by eliminating the switches used on traditional charts.
These two machines will be of great use to FAME, modernizing our eye care department and improving examination, diagnosis and treatment. They will help reduce referrals to other hospitals by better positioning us to detect more eye conditions earlier, continuing FAME’s mission of providing comprehensive healthcare for the the close to 3 million people in FAME’s catchment area.
Some of the most common diagnoses that Sehewa treats include allergic and bacterial conjunctivitis, cornea ulcers, blunt trauma, extra ocular foreign bodies and chalazion (eyelid cysts). All of these conditions can now be detected and treated early thanks to these machines. FAME also recently received a donation of 300 fashionable FAME sunglasses for photophobic patients!
“There are a lot of people suffering silently from different eye disorders. Let’s be proactive and conduct regular eye checks with the right equipment, preventing further complications.”