(Thua
Thien Hue province, August 23, 2019) – In the 17th year of
supporting Vietnam’s eye care services and the 10th year conducting the
Flying Eye Hospital (FEH) program in Vietnam, Orbis has accompanied with the
new-age carrier Vietjet to bring bright eyes to Vietnamese people.
The
opening ceremony of FEH and the MoU signing of blindness prevention between
Vietjet and Orbis took place in the morning of August 21 at Thua Thien Hue
Province with the witnesses of leaders of the central and local authorities and
hospital representatives.
During
its second time presenting at the ancient city of Hue in central Vietnam, FEH has
been joined by Vietjet’s volunteers. Accordingly, Vietjet’s pilots, cabin crew
and staff will support patients wholeheartedly during their screening sessions
and carefully guide them to the surgeries which are carried out in the modern
aircraft equipped with up-to-date equipment and take care of them in the
post-surgery stage. All of these supports are to help the patients recover
their vision as soon as possible.
Aiming
to support more than 2 million people in the next 3 years, Vietjet has signed
the long-term MOU named “Bright eyes for Vietnamese” with Orbis. The US$1 million
project starts by building retinal centers for premature birth at Dak Lak and
Thanh Hoa provinces. Besides, Vietjet has accompanied with Orbis to promote
education programs, events and communications in order to enhance knowledge of
prevention of eye issues nationwide.
In
this long-term project, Vietjet and Orbis expect to double the Orbis’ past
achievements in Vietnam, pioneering for corporate social activities in general
and for blindness prevention in particular.
The
Flying Eye Hospital aircraft has a wingspan of 50 metres, a height of 17.8
metres and a length of 55.3 metres, reaching the size of a Boeing 777 airplane
but heavier due to extra machines for treatment. The cabin area is 610 square
meters and designed to be a small hospital. From the operating room, 3D eye
surgeries are live to all training room in the world.
FEH
has been travelling around the world to exchange knowledge and to help the disadvantaged.
The flying hospital has come to Vietnam 10 times and landed at 6 cities and
provinces, including: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Binh Dinh, Can Tho and
Thua Thien Hue.
Besides
making the dreams of flying come true for millions of customers, Vietjet also
significantly care about the society and disadvantaged situations, bringing new
and better values to everyone. Previously, Vietjet has 10 years of accompanying
with Community Disaster Prevention Fund, “Light up the dreams” for children at
the Northern provinces, visit SOS children villages often, etc. so as to bring
meaningful and humanistic contributions.