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Home » The Gynocular Portable Colposcope

The Gynocular Portable Colposcope

March 3, 2015

The Gynocular Portable Colposcope – an amazing technological breakthrough in being able to conduct precision women’s health care examinations in the remote Himalayas.

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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, it can replace the heavy floor standing model colposcopes that have been the industry norm for decades. It could provide The Himalayan Health Project’s medical teams with an invaluable tool to be able to take to the remotest regions of the Himalayas and conduct accurate internal examinations. It’s camera attachment will also enable us to send high resolution images of serious cases of disease and injury to our international gynecological consultants for advice and instruction for appropriate treatment. Dr Quek Swee Chong will be bringing one of the units to Ladakh for field testing during his upcoming women’s health care expedition to Ladakh May 16 > 27, 2015. If the Gynocular works as well as we anticipate, then we will be securing at least two of these units for full time use in Ladakh.

Please have a look at the self-explanatory video below. Anyone wishing to purchase and donate one of these wonderful diagnostic tools to the Himalayan Health Project would actively enable us to quite literally save the lives of women in Ladakh who are in developing stages of cervical cancer.

Filed Under: Himalayan Women's Health

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Vision Testimonial

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All those associated with The Himalayan Vision Project are grateful for the tireless and heroic efforts of the teams of international vision health care physicians and optometrists who have brought vastly improved quality of life to countless men, women and children of Ladakh over the past 7 years.

Our objectives and capabilities have taken a quantum leap forward by virtue of an alliance formed with the prestigious LV Prasad Eye Institute located in Hyderabad. This invaluable collaboration was made possible by the friendship and shared ideals of one of the world's most renowned and admired cornea and stem cell specialists, Dr Virender Sangwan. Dr Sangwan came to the aid of a Ladakhi police officer who was suffering from an extremely serious eye condition and through the successful treatment of that very fortunate individual has become a friend and inspiration to us all.

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Womens Health testimonial

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 ACS Clinic for Women Gleneagles Medical Centre. He was formerly Senior Consultant & Head, Pre-invasive Disease & Screening Unit, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital. He serves on the board of the International Federation of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology. A former president of the Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore, he now sits on the present council.

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Clinic Testimonial

Fully functional humanitarian health care
for the people of Ladakh.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama
blessing the Lamdon Clinic

The Lamdon Clinic now serves as "Basecamp" for our ambitious goal of bringing world class dental, vision and women's health care to the people of Ladakh. Not only will we continue to offer cost free treatments for all who come to our doors, but we will now also be sending mobile screening teams of medical professionals to drive or hike to the remotest villages and settlements in the Indus, Nubra and Zanskar Valley regions of Ladakh to educate, examine and if necessary transport patients who need treatment and rehabilitation back to our main clinic complex in Leh.

We draw our guidance from the compassionate inspiration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama who advocates doing all that is possible for those needlessly suffering or deprived of their basic human right of adequate medical care regardless of their religious loyalties, gender, citizenship or financial means.

We were greatly honored when His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to our clinic in 2012 and blessed it's capabilities and aspirations.

Coverage shown on Tibet Television network of His Holiness blessing the Lamdon Clinic

Dental Testimonial

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Julley everyone!  I'm Dr Marie Nordstrom, the resident dentist at the Himalayan Dental Project Clinic in Leh, Ladakh.  Two years ago I was working at a humanitarian dental clinic in Cambodia. When it was time to move on I was browsing around on the internet searching for another inspirational opportunity where I could volunteer my dental abilities and I came across the Himalayan Dental Project. I sent off an email expressing my interest to volunteer and within a few hours I had a reply from the project coordinator Bill Kite inviting me to join the the clinic team in Ladakh. After his first email I instinctively had a feeling that this would turn into something really significant and decided to book my flight to India and then up to Ladakh.  A short time later I found myself at more than 3,500m above sea level in the Himalayas with spectacular mountain views

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News From The Vision Project

  • James and Alex Gunn organize a fund raising effort at Canadian International School for The Himalayan Vision Project 8 Apr 2015
  • Three major vision health care expeditions to Ladakh June > July, 2015 4 Mar 2015
  • Boston Foundation for Sight – PROSE Eye View – Newsletter February 2015 20 Feb 2015
  • Eye Surgery Mission Update 3 Oct 2010
  • Himalayan Dental/Medical Project – 2010 Volunteers & Donors 18 Sep 2010
  • Humanitarian Evacuation of two young eye patients from Ladakh to Hyderabad 10 Sep 2010
  • 2010 Dental / Medical / Surgical Expedition to Nubra Valley Ladakh 6 Sep 2010
  • Individual dentists & doctors committed to come to Ladakh for the Medical/Dental project in 2010. 7 Mar 2010
  • Ladakh 2009 21 Aug 2009
  • 2009 Dental / Medical Expedition to Nubra Valley, Ladakh 15 Aug 2009

NEWS FROM THE WOMEN’S HEALTH PROJECT

  • Dr Swee Chong’s 2016 Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment expedition to Ladakh. 22 Feb 2017
  • 2015 Himalayan Women’s Health Project Cervical Cancer Screening & Treatment expedition to Ladakh is an enormous success 10 Jun 2015
  • 2014 Cervical Cancer Screening & Treatment camp – Leh, Ladakh 22 May 2015
  • Medione PTE LTD Singapore extends generous support to Himalayan Women’s Health Project 8 Apr 2015
  • Tanglin Trust School “Curry Night” benefit auction for The Himalayan Women’s Health Project is an enormous success 1 Apr 2015
  • Tanglin Trust School in Singapore mobilizes March 27th fund raising effort in support of The Himalayan Women’s Health Care Project 22 Mar 2015
  • Dr Dekyi Yangzom returns to Ladakh after a successful women health care training fellowship at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Calcutta 22 Mar 2015
  • Dr Swee Chong takes delivery of Gynocular portable colposcope 22 Mar 2015
  • The Gynocular Portable Colposcope 3 Mar 2015
  • 2011 Expedition Report. Nubra Valley Ladakh 7 Feb 2012

News from the Dental Project

  • Dr Myra Elliott returns to Ladakh in 2016 for successful surgical treatment of 20 cleft palate patients 22 Feb 2017
  • Dr Tsering Gurung conducts numerous dental camps in Nepal in junction with international schools and The Manang Women’s Empowerment Group 21 Mar 2015
  • Dr Trevor Barnes returns to Ladakh with another major humanitarian dental team from New Zealand 6 Feb 2015
  • Dr Tsering Gurung and “Happy Teeth” Dental Clinic in Nepal 31 Jan 2015
  • 2011 Expedition Report. Nubra Valley Ladakh 7 Feb 2012
  • Himalayan Dental/Medical Project – 2010 Volunteers & Donors 18 Sep 2010
  • 2010 Dental / Medical / Surgical Expedition to Nubra Valley Ladakh 6 Sep 2010
  • Individual dentists & doctors committed to come to Ladakh for the Medical/Dental project in 2010. 7 Mar 2010
  • ISKL bringing Dental Health to Pokhara 12 Nov 2009
  • Dentistry in Ladakh 25 Aug 2009

News from the Lamdon Clinic

  • The Evolution of The Lamdon Clinic 25 Apr 2012

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