But Darcie Goodwin, of Edmond, and an organization called Orbis fly to the rescue. Take a look inside the world's only flying eye hospital. Established in 1982, the hospital, and its volunteer doctors have visited more than 79 countries, treated over 21,000 patients, trained some 40,000 local doctors and nurses. Darcie says Orbis trains local personnel intensely during this tree-week period so that they, in turn, would be able to train other doctors in the community. When the wide body DC-10 arrives in a new country, the crew sets up a classroom on board and on the ground so that everyone can see the operation.
Local doctors ask a lot of questions and learn quickly while assisting the visiting doctors.
At the end of training period, local doctors feel comfortable performing complicated surgeries themselves and training other doctors. Right now, Darcie and the Orbis crew are in Morocco.