Madang Provincial Hospital Eye Clinic
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has the most acute shortage of eye health workers in the Pacific region. Located in Madang, the Madang Provincial Hospital Eye Clinic in partnership with the Divine Word University offers the only training programme for eye nurses in Papua New Guinea and is crucial to addressing avoidable blindness.
Madang Eye Unit, Madang Provincial Hospital
Modilon Road, Madang
(+675) 422 2919
Opening hours
Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday – Sunday & public holidays: CLOSED
History
In 2007, in partnership with Divine Word University and Madang Provincial Hospital, we launched a comprehensive eye nurse training programme in Madang. We train qualified nurses to tackle refractive error and cataract blindness across the country.
That same year we refurbished the eye clinic at Madang Provincial Hospital, which we have continued to manage since. The eye clinic provides a full range of eye care services, including diabetic laser treatment, surgery and surgical outreaches.
The demand for eye care services in Madang has grown substantially since 2007, which led to The Foundation investing in an upgrade of the Madang Provincial Hospital Eye Clinic in 2014. Treatment rooms were added to the clinic to expand eye services and a new operating theatre wing was built to allow a higher volume of patients to receive surgical eye care. The clinic also forms the base for nationwide surgical outreaches, which reach large sections of the population that otherwise have no access to eye care.
Key Achievements
In 2021 the Madang Provincial Hospital Eye Clinic:
- Gave 3,720 consultations
- Provided 173 sight-saving surgeries
- Dispensed 890 spectacles
The Madang clinic is also the base for national surgical outreaches and local screening outreaches
- Reached a further 397 people who might not otherwise have accessed eye care
In partnership with Divine Word University, the Madang Provincial Hospital Eye Clinic has:
- Trained 109 eye nurses
- Trained an additional 8 nurses or health workers in a certificate in eye care