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Thermal, CA
On Saturday, April 5th, 2008: Friends Across the Border did a vision-screening
clinic, in conjunction with the Flying Doc’s at the health care faire in Thermal, CA.
We departed our staging areas in Hemet @ 5:15 am, Yucaipa @ 6:00 am and Banning @ 6:30 am. By 7:30 am we had arrived at the clinic site and began to set up the equipment and eyeglasses. The clinic started at 8:00 am and the last patient left with their recycled eyeglasses at 2:30 pm.
Listed below is a synopsis of the day’s clinical findings:
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289 people were seen for the clinic.
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Of the 289, 20 needed no prescription, 13 need to be made at the
optical laboratory and the balance received recycled eyeglasses.
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1- needs surgical excision of a sebaceous cyst
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3- need surgical excision of a pterygium on at least one eye.
Ø 1-needs surgical treatment of a
secondary cataract and consultation for secondary IOL’s.
By 3:00 pm the equipment and eyeglasses were repacked and we headed for the Round Table Pizza Parlor in Cathedral City
for some suds and food. By 4:30 pm with our belly’s full and thirst quenched
we headed for our staging area in Banning. We left Banning @ 5:30 pm and arrived
in Yucaipa at 6:00 pm. With the balance of the equipment off loaded, the rest
of the group left for the Hemet staging area.
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It was a nice day for showing the true spirit of Lionism. Many thanks
to all those who help indirectly or directly to make this program a success. Listed
below are those that participated directly in the clinic.
Palm Springs Lions Club: Dr. Paul Yoh, Carol Nichols, Dan Warner and George Valuer.
Yucaipa Valley Lions Club: Steve Fedor, June Decker and Carl Decker.
Hemet Breakfast Lions Club: Bob Domenigoni.
Calimesa Breakfast Lions Club: Don Ranney, Ron Meader, Lucy Manning, Rob Manning, Pati Van Dusen, Jack
Gregory, Jim Selby, Donna Mott, Ed Adamson and Brian Van Dusen.
Hemet Lions Club: Kim Malone
Big Bear Sunset: Linda Peroutka
Non-Lions: Mavis Adamson, Harriet Carmona and Tim McCoy
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