Five-year-old Buyandeleger loves to sing and dance. She was also born with a cataract in her right eye. Her mother first noticed something was abnormal with her eyes at birth, but routine eye exams were not standard practice for newborns in the rural hospitals in that region of Mongolia. Earlier this year, the dedicated team at ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital planned a visit to Ulaanbaatar, the nearest capital city to where Buyendeleger’s family lives. It was a long journey by bus, but that did not deter young Buyandeleger or her mother who immediately planned the trek when she learned that the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital was making a stop in their region. The ORBIS clinical team diagnosed Buyandeleger’s condition, used a ZEISS IOLMaster 500 to select the right lens implant (the Flying Eye Hospital’s youngest patient yet to be scanned by the donated ZEISS medical device), removed the cataract, and then implanted an intra-ocular lens in its place. Today, Buyandeleger happily sings and dances with her restored vision, and her mother is grateful that she’ll be able to enjoy her life to the fullest. 

Health In Sight Mission of Roatan has been delivering eye care to the people of Roatan since 2005. The organization is comprised of physicians, clinical staff, and compassionate volunteers who travel to Roatan to perform eye surgery and deliver eye care to patients who would otherwise not have access. An industry leader in ophthalmic devices, ZEISS donated state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to help the organization provide the best possible care to those who need it most and is working with Health In Sight Mission to revolutionize the way the organization delivers ophthalmic care to the residents on the island.

The majority of the eye care on the Caribbean island involves ZEISS equipment. For cataract surgery, having access to an ZEISS IOLMaster greatly improves accuracy of refractive outcomes and patient throughput, and being able to take IOL measurements prior to mission groups arriving ensures requisition of appropriate IOL powers to bring for surgery. With glaucoma care being a great unmet need in Roatan, ZEISS HFA and ZEISS CIRRUS OCT help detect glaucoma early, treat it, and track results. With diabetes being a prevalent disease on the island, access to an OCT device and fundus photography helps the organization better identify and coordinate retinal care.

In the future, the state-of-the-art ZEISS equipment could play a critical role in supporting the remote training and telemedicine needed to develop a self-sustaining eye clinic that will eventually be run by Honduran doctors and staff to deliver eye care across the island.

Alongside training and continuing education, the key to delivering good medical care can also be found in supplying technical equipment to hospitals and medical practices. By donating equipment, the Carl Zeiss Meditec Group is going some way towards supporting nonprofits that campaign to improve medical care worldwide. The commitment here extends beyond the donation of medical technology: at the end of fiscal year 2021/22, the Company decided to make a major equipment donation to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS Ukraine). The research projects of NAS Ukraine are supported by microscopes from ZEISS.

2024 – ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, New York/USA
2024 – Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles/USA
2023 – Boa Visão Eye Hospital, Mocub/Mozambique
2022 – Philippine General Hospital, Manila/Philippinen
2022 – National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
2019 – Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital Phnom Penh/Kabocha
2018 – YWAM Medical Ships Kona, Kailua-Kona/USA
2018 – Primary Ear Center Nepal, Siraha/Nepal
2018 – humedica e.V. Hilfsprojekt Afghanistan/ Pakistan
2017 – SolidarMED Hilfsprojekt Lugala/Tanzania
2017 – CBM Hilfsprojekt für die Elfenbeinküste
2017 – Eye Hospital, Tororo/Uganda
2017 – Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, New York/USA
2017 – Dhulikhel Hospital, Katmandu/Nepal