Zubaida Hammadneh Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), the largest rapid transport company in the world, highlights its cooperation that extends for more than 40 years with the Orbis Organization, during the visit of the Flying Eye Hospital, which is affiliated with the organization, to Dubai between September 30 and 3 October. “Orbis” organized introductory tours of this flying hospital, in which it hosted employees from FedEx and other guests, giving them the inside of the unique plane, and showing the joint commitment between the two sides to enhance the chances of obtaining visual care around the world, in conjunction with the occasion of the International Day of vision, which falls on October 9 this year. This visit shows the role of the UAE as a center for the exchange of knowledge and human cooperation, which makes it an ideal site for raising awareness of the importance of obtaining high -level visual care.
On this occasion, Bruce Johnson, director of operations and aircraft maintenance in “Orbis”, said that his organization is organizing from time to time visits to the Flying Eye Hospital to Dubai, which permeates its work tasks in Asia and Africa, praising the vital role played by FedEx’s work company at Dubai International Airport and Dubai World Central for more than 18 years in supporting the plane with logistical services and businesses Maintenance, wherever you go throughout the region. He added: “Every time we get to Dubai, we receive a warm captivating welcome. The dedication of the members of those teams, their hospitality and their willingness to do more, makes our work more smooth and influential, and ensures our willingness to provide health care that saves the eyes of the needy patients wherever they are.”
The number of people suffering from visual loss around the world is estimated at 1.1 billion people, 90% of whom live in low and medium -income countries, so “Orbis” has created the Flying Eye Hospital to help bridge this gap. This flying hospital is a fully accredited educational hospital in ophthalmology, and it includes an operations room, a classroom and a recovery room. In its third generation, Al-Ayoun Hospital in its third generation is located in a MD-10 plane donated by FedEx. Since his first trip in 1982, the hospital has visited more than 80 countries, providing training and surgeries to treat blindness and vision loss. Hospital projects contribute to granting doctors, nurses and professionals working in the field of visual care, skills and knowledge that enables them to provide treatment that contributes to changing the lives of many patients in the societies he visits.
FedEx has supported the Orbis organization since its inception with more than $ 22 million in the form of financial donations and in -kind shipments. In addition to Vidix donating the current plane, the company covers the costs of spare parts, maintenance and training of pilots, while its pilots volunteer to fly by plane to its destinations around the world. In 2021, FedEx renewed its commitment to the “Orbis” mission of saving the sight, by a $ 3.5 million donation to help provide financial, logistical and operational support to the organization and its Flying Eye Hospital over the next five years. This cooperation is part of the global “FedEx Curiz” program for community participation, which aims to give the needy hope and opportunities in the societies that FedEx serves.
For his part, Tariq Heneidy, Vice President of FedEx Operations for the Middle East and Africa, with appropriate solutions to the International Day of the vision, expressed the pride of FedEx with the support of “Orbis” in eliminating blindness and vision losses that can be avoided around the world. The way for those in need to obtain high -quality visual care. We are keen to help local communities to enhance health care systems and create brighter opportunities for a better future, by supporting these efforts with our resources and experiences. “
In turn, Captain Gary Dyson, the chief pilot of “Orbis International” and one of the retired FedEx pilots, expressed his pride in working with “Orbis”, considering that he does not consider himself only a plane leader, but rather sees that he is “part of a message aimed at changing people’s lives for the better and forever.” He added: “When we see a child who regains his eyesight and realizes that he has had learning and playing opportunities and supporting his family in the future, we have an unbelievable feeling, so I am proud that I spent a long time of my life working for FedEx, who allowed her pilots to return the beautiful to societies in this valuable way.”
“Orbis” is also cooperating, along with its operation of the Flying Eye Hospital, with local hospitals and clinics in the continents of Africa, Asia and Latin America to expand the scope of high -quality visual care. Its prize -winning platform, for e -learning and health care for a distance, “Cybersight”, in addition to visionary, supported by artificial intelligence technologies and training based on virtual reality techniques, provides local visual care difference with the tools and experience needed to treat patients with higher effectiveness
