Tuesday, December 18, 2007

ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital doing eye-opening wonders in Cambodia

Hem Thon, a 68-year-old Cambodian woman, far right, disembarks a plane used as flying eye hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, the world's only airborne ophthalmic surgical and training facility housed inside a converted DC-10 aircraft, is currently on a two-week intensive medical training program in Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Foreign doctors perform surgery on an eye of a Cambodian patient aboard a plane used as flying eye hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, the world's only airborne ophthalmic surgical and training facility housed inside a converted DC-10 aircraft, is currently on a two-week intensive medical training program in Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Dem Yet, a 30-year-old Cambodian woman, has her eyes checked aboard a plane used as flying eye hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, the world's only airborne ophthalmic surgical and training facility housed inside a converted DC-10 aircraft, is currently on a two-week intensive medical training program in Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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