31/03/2025
CVCE Surgical Report 2025 as submitted by Murray Fish:
Community Vision Centre of Excellence
CVCE Clinic
21 Lloyd Young Drive
Montego Bay
Jamaica
CVCE Surgical Mission February 12-14, 2025
CVCE hosted a surgical mission from February 12-14, 2025. In summary, the event was a complete
success with 30 cataract surgeries performed.
This was the seventh surgical mission hosted by CVCE at our Montego Bay Clinic. The surgical mission
was a collaborative effort with many organizations and people contributing greatly to making the
mission possible:
Drs. Matthew Thompson, Greg Nelson, and Daniel Alter of FOCUS, the staff of CVCE, Dr. Claudine Green,
Canadian Vision Care (CVC), SEE International, the Lions Clubs of Montego Bay, Lions International,
Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), Ophthalmologists from CRH, Alcon, the Ministry of Health, Jamaica
Customs Agency, Mobay Freight Services, the Brenda Stafford Foundation, and many others.
The goals for the mission were:
To perform a minimum of 30 cataract surgeries.
To provide world class eye health services to the patients of CRH and CVCE.
To continue mentoring Jamaican Ophthalmologists in the MSICS cataract surgical technique.
The dedicated staff of CVCE and local volunteers worked tirelessly to ensure the doctors were able to
work comfortably, safely and efficiently. They also ensured the facility, equipment, supplies, and
required services were completely prepared, allowing the patients the best experience possible.
The combined efforts of those mentioned above made it possible for nine patients to be served free of
charge, with the balance contributing only a nominal amount.
Based on the success of this mission, and past surgical missions, CVC is in the process of arranging more
surgical missions for 2025 and beyond.
Thank you to everyone who participated and worked so diligently to make this week possible.
Please do not hesitate to contact Gerry Leinweber at 1-403-350-5436 (phone or WhatsApp) or
gerry@doctorseyecare.ab.ca, or Murray Fish at 1-250-551-5389 or murray.fish123@gmail.com if you
have any questions.