Recycling Optical Equipment in Gambia
Optimax have performed over 148,000 treatments and with 11
clinics and 11 years experience, are now the largest provider
of laser surgical procedures in the UK.
Modern health care, eye care especially, is very much dependent
on the use of technical equipment and instruments. These are
expensive, more so in developing countries such as the Gambia.
Much of the quality equipment and instruments are made in
developed countries and, even with normal and careful use,
are subject to wear and tear.
Almost all items of equipment have certain parts that have
a finite life. The bulb in instruments may be fused, the electric
fuse may be blown.
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The belt, springs or wheels used to drive some part
of the equipment may snap off or become loose or may
be displaced or may be exhausted.
An adequate stock of all spares is always required.
Identifying faults and defects and knowing how to
restore working order is important.
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Optimax helps recycle optical equipment, instrumentation
and technology to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Banjul. Optimax
has an extensive national network of dispensing and opthalmic
opticians / optometrists that refer patients for laser eye
treatment. Distressed and refurbished opthalmic and optical
equipment is sourced from this network, collected at the Optimax
head office in London and shipped to the Royal Victoria Teaching
Hospital In The Gambian capital of Banjul.
From there the equipment is overhauled, utilised or distributed
to help provide the best possible care and to help educate
other local opthalmologists in the most up-to-date standards,
thereby giving them the tools for their future.
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Some 90% of the world’s blind live in developing
countries.
At least 80% of these could be either cured medically
or surgically, or their blindness prevented altogether
through proper care.
Cataract is the overall major cause of blindness in
Africa, accounting for approximately 20 million cases.
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