Martha’s
Village & Kitchen
On Saturday, December 27th, 2008:
Friends Across the Border did a vision-screening clinic at Martha’s Village & Kitchen in Indio, CA. We left our Hemet staging area at 5:45am and Yucaipa at 6:30am. We
arrived at the clinic site at 7:45am and quickly began the process of setting up for the days’ clinic.
The last patient of the day was leaving with
their recycled eyeglasses at 3:30pm.
Listed below is a synopsis of the day’s
clinical findings:
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307 patients were seen for the day.
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Of the 307, 16 needed no prescription, 11 need their prescription made at the optical lab and 280 received recycled
eyeglasses.
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1 patient needs excision of a pterygium on both eyes.
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1 patient needs laser treatment for diabetic maculopathy.
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4 patients need treatment for glaucoma.
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2 patients need surgical treatment for cataracts on at least one eye.
After packing the eyeglasses/equipment and saying our good byes to the staff
we departed to a local Pizza Hut for some food and refreshments. After being
at great meal and conversation, we departed for our Yucaipa staging area, arriving at 6:45pm and Hemet about a half hour later.
It was a nice clinic that demonstrated the
need to work together to help meet a community need. Listed below are those who
participated directly in the clinic.
Ramona Valley Lions Club: Jack Walker
Beaumont Lions Club: Sonny Katzman and Larry Perrault
Hemet Breakfast Lions Club: Bob Domenigoni and Evelyn Donemigoni.
Palm Springs Lions Club: Carol Nicholas and George Valuer
Calimesa Breakfast Lions Club: Don Ranney, Pat Ranney, Jim Selby, Linda Donoso,
Rob Manning, Lucy Manning, Myrna Klipo, Ed Klipo, Ron Meader, Steve Fedor, Pati Van Dusen and Brian Van Dusen.
Non Lions: Carolyn Manning, Zak Weinberg, Alex Smith and Reagan Whiteman.
