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- Jun 19, 201195% CONFIDENCEfrom prnewswire.com
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- Jul 7, 201195% CONFIDENCEfrom prnewswire.com
Orbis's Flying Eye Hospital DC-10 Trains Surgeons in Ulaanbaatar
- Orbis International's DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital ran a three-week program in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 19 June to 7 July 2011, its sixth mission in the country; the release is dated 5 July 2011[3]
- Orbis was invited by the Mongolian Ophthalmic Association and hosted by Hospital Number One and the Mother and Child Hospital; the work was supported by Alcon[3]
- Training covered ophthalmologists, biomedical engineers, anesthesiologists and nurses in pediatric cataract, strabismus, glaucoma, cornea, medical retina, phacoemulsification and ocular oncology[3]
- Skills passed to more than 300 local eye care professionals through hands-on surgical training, live demonstrations, lectures and workshops; Alcon engineers volunteered to help maintain equipment[3]
- Later, Orbis's current third-generation Flying Eye Hospital is a former FedEx MD-10[2]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=mAn_tQ9PACwyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Jun 19, 2011· Ends Jul 7, 2011· 50% of score
A PRNewswire[3] release from ORBIS International dated July 5, 2011 states the DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital's Mongolia program ran June 19 - July 7, 2011.
- [2]70%Inside the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital MD-10key.aero· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
Confirms the DC-10 airframe (used in the 2011 mission) was retired in 2016 and replaced by an MD-10, matching the video's DC-10-specific framing.[1]
- [3]95%ORBIS International's Flying Eye Hospital Brings Sight Saving Skills and Technology to Ulaanbaatar, Mongoliaprnewswire.com· Published Jul 5, 2011· Starts Jun 19, 2011 ✓· Ends Jul 7, 2011 ✓· 0% of score
ORBIS International's own PRNewswire release names the June 19 - July 7, 2011 dates and confirms it was the DC-10's sixth Mongolia mission.
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