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OUR IMPACT AT HOME

CASE STUDY:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

11,164 PEOPLE SCREENED DR TURNER’S STORY

IN REMOTE AND
Dr Angus Turner is the inspiring founder
UNDERSERVICED COMMUNITIES and Director of Lions Outback Vision, a
specialist eye health service for regional and
remote communities in Western Australia. Each
year, the service reaches 5,000 people and plays
a critical role to ensure Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people can access high-quality
1,260 EYE OPERATIONS eye care.
AND TREATMENTS INCLUDING: Dr Turner—who cites Fred Hollows as one of
his greatest inspirations—has an undeniable
passion for his work and improving the lives of
his patients. “It’s truly rewarding when vision
can be restored,” he said. He’s also a driving
514 CATARACT SURGERIES force behind the use of innovative technologies
such as tele-health, which connects remote
patients with specialists in Perth.
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY In 2016, his Lions Outback Vision Van was
557 TREATMENTS launched and with the support of The Fred
Hollows Foundation, the mobile eye health van
will travel over 24,000 kilometres each year
PAIRS OF GLASSES providing comprehensive eye care services to
up to 200 patients a week.
2,900 DISTRIBUTED

HELPING PEOPLE SEE

n In partnership with the Lions Eye Institute and RANZCO (Royal
340 PEOPLE TRAINED Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists) Eye
Foundation, we performed 427 diabetic retinopathy procedures
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote
$216,182 parts of Western Australia.

n Through our partnership with Anyinginyi Health, 410 students
WORTH OF EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED in the Barkly region of the Northern Territory were screened for
eye health conditions and participated in eye health education
sessions at school.

INVESTING IN PEOPLE

n In partnership with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health,
we supported an Aboriginal optometry student to complete her
“I’d like to think that I’ve practical training at an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health

Service in Queensland.
been a part of a more
effective approach to n Through our partnerships, we trained over 270 people in
basic eye health. This training gives Primary Health Care workers
Aboriginal health.” the skills to use eye health equipment, check visual acuity and
play a vital role in integrating eye health into regular health
checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
– Fred Hollows
n We supported two Aboriginal Liaison Officers in the Top
End and Central Australia regions of the Northern Territory to

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