Paediatric Eye Unit
The Campaign
The focus of the Noah’s Ark Appeal’s latest fundraising campaign is to provide vital equipment for the paediatric eye unit at the Children’s Hospital for Wales. £200,000 is needed to ensure that children in Wales will benefit from cutting-edge equipment that will revolutionise their treatment.
Equipment is needed urgently
Working with small children and babies, who are unable to communicate how and what they see, ophthalmologists are under pressure to make accurate diagnoses and to respond quickly with treatment or surgery.
Each year children from across Wales, in need of specialist care, are treated at the paediatric eye unit in Cardiff. Many of the cases that the unit sees are birth defects which, without prompt diagnosis and treatment, can result in blindness.
One such defect, retinopathy of prematurity, is a disease of blood vessels which develops in the retina (the part of the back of the eye which is responsible for sight). It is a common cause of blindness in infancy which develops in approximately 50% of infants who are born very prematurely (less than 32 weeks). Currently, this condition is diagnosed by a doctor who manually examines the eye and then, from memory, draws a detailed picture of what he has seen for the patient’s case notes.
Computerised vision testing equipment will revolutionise the testing process for children treated at the unit in Cardiff. The testing equipment is a state-of-the-art tool, which very few units in the U.K. have. It will put the eye unit in Cardiff at the at a distinct advantage, enabling the medical team to provide world-class care to their young patients.
Currently the objects used to distract the child when performing the tests are a toy duck and a toy bear that plays tunes. With the new equipment, the child will look at a computer screen for distraction while the surgeon assesses the eyes. The equipment allows a number of tests to be incorporated together, which will provide a more streamlined service and consistent assessment for the children.
How your donation will help
Your donation will help buy new equipment that will revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases by enabling doctors to examine the eye with the help of a computer.
Using on-screen and printed images generated by the equipment, medical staff will be able to communicate the child’s diagnosis to its parents. Your donation will reassure and inform worried parents.
The equipment allows recorded images to be stored and reviewed at a later date. This will enable surgeons to check the completeness of laser surgery after treatment. As well as the distinct advantages for the clinician and patient, the equipment is also an invaluable teaching tool for doctors and nurses in training. Your donation will help to train medical staff in Wales to a world class standard.
With access to state-of-the-art equipment, not yet widely available in the UK, your donation will ensure that children in Wales have access to the very best treatment.
New equipment will enable images and patient information to be sent electronically. Your donation may alleviate the need for parents to travel or the consultant to make a diagnosis even before the patient arrives for treatment.
Your donation will help to:
Ensure that children treated at the Children’s Hospital receive world class care
Reassure and inform worried parents
Train medical staff
Reduce waiting times for paediatric eye care
Your donation will help children in Wales to see a brighter future.
Please help if you can. You can donate online, usisng a credit or debit card. Alternatively, please send a cheque, made payable to 'Noah's Ark Appeal' to The Noah's Ark Appeal, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0SZ. Please mark your donation 'eye unit'.
The focus of the Noah’s Ark Appeal’s latest fundraising campaign is to provide vital equipment for the paediatric eye unit at the Children’s Hospital for Wales. £200,000 is needed to ensure that children in Wales will benefit from cutting-edge equipment that will revolutionise their treatment.
Equipment is needed urgently
Working with small children and babies, who are unable to communicate how and what they see, ophthalmologists are under pressure to make accurate diagnoses and to respond quickly with treatment or surgery.
Each year children from across Wales, in need of specialist care, are treated at the paediatric eye unit in Cardiff. Many of the cases that the unit sees are birth defects which, without prompt diagnosis and treatment, can result in blindness.
One such defect, retinopathy of prematurity, is a disease of blood vessels which develops in the retina (the part of the back of the eye which is responsible for sight). It is a common cause of blindness in infancy which develops in approximately 50% of infants who are born very prematurely (less than 32 weeks). Currently, this condition is diagnosed by a doctor who manually examines the eye and then, from memory, draws a detailed picture of what he has seen for the patient’s case notes.
Computerised vision testing equipment will revolutionise the testing process for children treated at the unit in Cardiff. The testing equipment is a state-of-the-art tool, which very few units in the U.K. have. It will put the eye unit in Cardiff at the at a distinct advantage, enabling the medical team to provide world-class care to their young patients.
Currently the objects used to distract the child when performing the tests are a toy duck and a toy bear that plays tunes. With the new equipment, the child will look at a computer screen for distraction while the surgeon assesses the eyes. The equipment allows a number of tests to be incorporated together, which will provide a more streamlined service and consistent assessment for the children.
How your donation will help
Your donation will help buy new equipment that will revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases by enabling doctors to examine the eye with the help of a computer.
Using on-screen and printed images generated by the equipment, medical staff will be able to communicate the child’s diagnosis to its parents. Your donation will reassure and inform worried parents.
The equipment allows recorded images to be stored and reviewed at a later date. This will enable surgeons to check the completeness of laser surgery after treatment. As well as the distinct advantages for the clinician and patient, the equipment is also an invaluable teaching tool for doctors and nurses in training. Your donation will help to train medical staff in Wales to a world class standard.
With access to state-of-the-art equipment, not yet widely available in the UK, your donation will ensure that children in Wales have access to the very best treatment.
New equipment will enable images and patient information to be sent electronically. Your donation may alleviate the need for parents to travel or the consultant to make a diagnosis even before the patient arrives for treatment.
Your donation will help to:
Ensure that children treated at the Children’s Hospital receive world class care
Reassure and inform worried parents
Train medical staff
Reduce waiting times for paediatric eye care
Your donation will help children in Wales to see a brighter future.
Please help if you can. You can donate online, usisng a credit or debit card. Alternatively, please send a cheque, made payable to 'Noah's Ark Appeal' to The Noah's Ark Appeal, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0SZ. Please mark your donation 'eye unit'.