Rotary Club of Dominica hosts another successful Vosh mission (with photo gallery)

The Rotary Club of Dominica has once again hosted another successful Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) mission in Dominica after a one-year absence.

The Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity or (VOSH) eye clinic Michigan Team is celebrating 27 years of free eye care service in Dominica.

VOSH is a non-governmental, non-sectarian, and apolitical organization. It is dedicated to the provision of eye and vision care services for persons who are below the poverty level and without access to local eye care. Their goal is to help people see again by correcting their vision with glasses.

“The mission has been a success,” President of the Rotary Club Genevieve Rolle told Dominica News Online (DNO) during an interview. “We have a different strategy put in place in order to accommodate the patients this year to create more order through the clinics given the fact that we had to keep in mind that we still have to adhere to the protocols, rules, and regulations and to ensure the general safety of the patients and the team to ensure that things run smoothly.”

According to her, the mission held at the various clinics has been well received by Dominicans.

Furthermore, Rolle stated that the Rotary Club of Dominica continues to give back to the community.

“This is what makes us happy, being appreciated and putting smiles on people’s faces,” she stated.

Rolle continued, “We are happy to have collaborations with missions like these in Dominica to serve for the greater good.”

She explained that the clinics this year were downsized a bit in terms of how many patients would have been seen in the past years.

The clinics were held from Monday, August 15, to Friday, August 19, at the Portsmouth Hospital, the St Joseph Health Centre and the Goodwill Parish Hall.

“In the past years we would have seen over 1600 patients over a period of 4 days, however this year over that same period of 4 days we are hoping to see between 900 to 950 patients.”

She thanked the  Government of Dominica through the Ministry of Health who has been a collaborative partner over the years, including stakeholders and partners who made this mission possible.

Patients first had to be prescreened at their nearby health centre. They were required to fill out a form, a ticket was then attached to the form which is numbered to be used upon entry to the clinics.

The mission leader and lead Doctor is Daniel Wrubel.

The last VOSH mission was held in January 2020.

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