 
Contact Address:
Sheikh Zayed Regional
Eye Care Centre
Serrekunda Hospital
Kanifing Layout
PO Box 650, Banjul
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4378608 / 4378606
7991716 / 9901716 / 999
9999
Fax: 4378581
Email: szrecc@gamtel.gm
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Information:
 The
Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre (SZRECC) in the Kanifing
are of Gambia is a charity clinic which serves as a
centre of excellence and training for eye care in the
West African sub-region. It provides training programmes
for several levels of eye care personnel, including
a Diploma in Ophthalmology and an Advanced Diploma in
ophthalmology (community or surgical focus).
The centre provides district support to enable graduating
students to develop eye care services in their own countries.
Up till mid-March, 2005 the centre has screened and
treated 4,950 patients, conducted 1,688 eye operations
and performed 1,191 cataract operations. It has trained
five cataract surgeons, six ophthalmic paramedics, 13
community ophthalmic nurses and 1,200 primary eye care
workers.
One of the pieces of equipment they use is the Topcon
eye camera which takes different types of eye photography
such as colour retinal photography, stereo images and
Fluorescein angiogram among others.
The eye clinic is funded by the Abu Dhabi based
Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian
Foundation (ZCHF) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). |
