An Orbis first: live video consultation with Doctor in Syria

Orbis’s Cyber­sight allowed Dr Hamoudeh and me to con­duct a vir­tu­al patient care con­fer­ence that was every bit as effec­tive as if we had been in the same room, exam­in­ing the patient togeth­er. This ​‘extend­ed pres­ence’ enables Orbis to reach regions that would oth­er­wise be inac­ces­si­ble to our ser­vices, even in coun­tries in the midst of con­flict and insta­bil­i­ty like Syr­ia. I am con­tin­u­al­ly amazed with physi­cians like Dr Hamoudeh and our oth­er glob­al part­ners. Under the very most dif­fi­cult cir­cum­stances, they con­tin­ue to strive for excel­lence in their edu­ca­tion and the care of their patients. It is hum­bling for me. I admire their per­se­ver­ance and dedication”

The Cyber­sight team con­tin­ues to impress me with the nov­el ways that Orbis can con­tin­ue to meet the devel­op­ment needs of our part­ners in even the most dif­fi­cult of cir­cum­stances. The his­toric Fly­ing Eye Hos­pi­tal pro­grams in Syr­ia were very spe­cial and the Cyber­sight net­work con­tin­ues to build & main­tain these rela­tion­ships by tai­lor­ing the resources and oppor­tu­ni­ties for such ded­i­cat­ed partners.