Villagers get free eye tests<\/p>\n
GIANYAR: A team from the YKI and Rumah Sakit Indera recently
\nvisited Pesraman Ida Pedanda Gunung, Blahbatuh, Gianyar in Bali
\nfor the day as part of the YKI's outreach program.<\/p>\n
Over the course of the day, the team examined 273 people with
\neye problems. Some of the problems were solved easily with
\nstandard prescription glasses, which the team issued on the spot.<\/p>\n
For those who needed non-standard lens prescriptions, the team
\nrecorded the specifications to make up the glasses at its
\noptometry base in Rumah Sakit Indera, Denpasar.<\/p>\n
But what the team was most interested in was finding people
\nwho had been blinded by cataracts.<\/p>\n
Thirteen people were identified as having cataracts during the
\nscreening.<\/p>\n
The team members were delighted, as they were able to offer to
\nthe thirteen, some of whom had been blind for years, free surgery
\nto remove the cataracts. The surgery will be carried out in the
\nnear future in a mobile eye clinic, complete with operating
\ntheater, which is based at Rumah Sakit Indera.<\/p>\n
The YKI's Sight Restoration and Blindness Prevention Project
\nhas been running in Bali since 1991, and has, to date, performed
\nsight-restoring operations on approximately 19,000 people. Since
\n2002, a similar project has been operating in South Kalimantan,
\nfunded by coal mine, PT Adaro.<\/p>\n
In addition to the project, the YKI assists children with
\ncleft lip and palate surgery, and those who are desperately ill
\nand cannot afford medical treatment.<\/p>\n
It also has an education assistance project that helps poor
\nfamilies keep their children in primary school.<\/p>\n
All services from the YKI, including the cataract surgery, are
\noffered free-of-charge to people in the lower socio-economic
\ngroup. The organization works closely with the government
\ndepartments of health, education and social affairs. Funds to
\ncover the costs of the YKI's operations come from donations, and
\nthe organization is constantly looking for sources of funding.<\/p>\n
If you are able to help this organization, the website,
\nwww.balieye.org, gives donation information on the "How You Can
\nHelp" page. Donations to the organization can be made in
\nIndonesia. Donations are also tax deductible in the United States
\nand in Australia.<\/p>\n
The YKI can be contacted via e-mail at yki@indo.net.id, tel:
\n0361 270 812, or fax: 0361 287 707. -- JP<\/p>\n
Grand Hyatt Bali gets new GM<\/p>\n
NUSA DUA: The Grand Hyatt Bali has been appointed a new general
\nmanager, Detlev Truernit, in the middle of a major renovation
\nprocess for better service.<\/p>\n
For Truernit who replaces Robbert van der Maas, the assignment
\nis the fourth in Indonesia and the second in Bali.<\/p>\n
"I return to Bali at a very exciting time, when the Grand
\nHyatt is going through a major renovation process. We will be
\nlaunching our brand new guest rooms later in the year and in
\nmid-2006 open an exciting new all Villa Spa and a new ballroom in
\naddition to our existing Grand Ballroom," Truernit said in a
\nstatement made available to The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
"Combined with the already refurbished pools and beautiful new
\nlandscaping of the gardens, our hotel will truly be a new
\nstate-of-the-art property on the island," he added. --JP<\/p>",
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