One of the most renown and prestigious international expatriate schools in the world, The Tanglin Trust which is located in Singapore has continued it’s rich tradition of generous fund raising efforts in support of their mission statement mandate of emphasizing community service as an essential component of the student’s education. Tanglin Trust is sending another…read more
Dr Dekyi Yangzom returns to Ladakh after a successful women health care training fellowship at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Calcutta
One of our women’s health care champions in Ladakh, Dr Deyki Yangzom, secured an extremely rare and beneficial opportunity to travel from Ladakh and be accepted as a temporary staff member of the prestigious Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Calcutta during the winter months of 2015. Because of the respect shared between the Head of…read more
Dr Swee Chong takes delivery of Gynocular portable colposcope
Dr Swee Chong has received the two Gynocular portable colposcopes which we have ordered from the Gynius Company in Sweden. These units will vastly improve our ability to conduct accurate internal examinations of women who are living in some of the most remote regions in the world. We look forward to utilzing them extensively during…read more
Dr Tsering Gurung conducts numerous dental camps in Nepal in junction with international schools and The Manang Women’s Empowerment Group
Our Nepal partner in the Himalayan Dental Project, Dr Tsering Gurung and her staff at Happy Teeth Dental Clinic, conducted numerous dental health care camps in various locations in Kathmandu and the remote Manang region of Nepal during 2014>15. During several of the camps her teams were assisted by students from Jakarta International School, United World College and The…read more
Three major vision health care expeditions to Ladakh June > July, 2015
LV Prasad Eye Institute vision specialists Dr Uday Kumar, Dr Veeru Pesala and our Ladakhi optometry technician trainees plan three major vision health care expeditions to Ladakh June > July, 2015. Over the past two years humanitarian vision specialists from the prestigious LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad have traveled to Ladakh and worked to screen,…read more
The Gynocular Portable Colposcope
The Gynocular Portable Colposcope – an amazing technological breakthrough in being able to conduct precision women’s health care examinations in the remote Himalayas. Dr Quek Swee Chong has been in consultation with the designers of a remarkable new portable, battery powered colposcope branded by the name of Gynocular. Manufactured by the Gynius Company in Sweden,…read more
Boston Foundation for Sight – PROSE Eye View – Newsletter February 2015
ISSUE 1 | VOL 6 | JANUARY 2015 CONTENTSJulley from the Himalayas!BostonSight® Network Giving Back BFS Staff and Board Heart-Filling Gratitude BFS Patients – Please complete our brief Patient Satisfaction Survey. Julley from the Himalayas! Dear Bill, “Julley” is a word in Ladakhi, the predominant language in the Leh district of Ladakh, India, with many meanings. It can…read more
Dr Trevor Barnes returns to Ladakh with another major humanitarian dental team from New Zealand
Dr Trevor Barnes returned to Ladakh with another major humanitarian dental team from New Zealand in August 2014. Dr Barnes was following up on his monumentally successful dental expedition in 2012 when his team screened and treated over 2,000 patients in our make-shift dental clinic temporarily set up in a cavernous auditorium while our new…read more
Dr Tsering Gurung and “Happy Teeth” Dental Clinic in Nepal
We are very pleased to have formed an alliance of capability and objective with a wonderful dentist in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2014. Dr Tsering Gurung has a very modern and productive dental clinic in Kathmandu and this has enabled us to send some of our dental volunteers from Ladakh to Kathmandu to do screening camps…read more
Dr Quek Swee Chong
Dr Quek Swee Chong MBBCh, BAO (Dublin) MRCOG (UK) FAMS (Singapore) Dr Quek Swee Chong is a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Parkway Gynaecology Screening & Treatment Centre in Gleneagles Hospital. He was formerly Senior Consultant & Head, Pre-invasive Disease & Screening Unit, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital. He…read more