Eye Problems, where to get help in Honduras.

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REFERRAL OPTIONS FOR SPECIALIZED TREATMENT OR SURGERY:

EYE CLINIC 1:
Doctora Alicia Ponce and her husband Doctor Luis Ponce are both opthalmologists and have agreed to work with AHMEN patients. Alicia is in their clinic in Tocoa on Tuesdays; Luis is in their clinic in Olanchito on Thursdays. Otherwise they are in their two clinics in La Ceiba. They make every effort to provide care for those who are not able to pay.

I have talked only with Doctora Ponce. Her contact information is:
[e-mail]

Hospital Oftalmologico Ponce
Blv. 15 de septiembre
La Ceiba, Honduras
Phone: [phone]; [phone]; [phone] Emergencies: 443 0969, 443 0970

Clinica del Hosp Oftalmologico Ponce
Anexo Hotel Sanabria
Tocoa, Honduras
Ph: [phone]..
Olanchito
( 504) 446 3754 ; 443 6645



EYE CLINIC 2:
Sight for the Blind Teams from the United States will be in San Pedro Sula April 8 - 22, 2007 and again May 12 - June 11, 2007 at

Centro de Cirguria del Ojo
8 Calle & 18 Ave. So.
(dos cuadros arriba de Becos).

Contact Information:

William Davis, Administrator for Sight for the Blind
[e-mail] Phone in the U.S.: [phone] or [phone]

Olga Cabellero, Operating Room Manager [phone]
Giovani Reyes, Administrator [phone]

[e-mail]

There may be some small charge for the hospital stay, but the surgeries are free.

EYE AND DENTAL CLINIC 3:
Centro Cristiano de Services Medicos Honduras (CCSM) in El Progreso


Clinic Contact Information:

Dr. Diego Mejia, Medical Director [e-mail]

Sr. Melvin Tejada, Executive Director [e-mail] [e-mail]

CCSM charges according to the patient’s ability to pay.

for more ideas contact Mary Guffey: [e-mail]