NEW EQUIPMENT FOR
DRY EYE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT At Visualiza we continue to grow in our services. Now in the private clinic we have a new generation equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of Dry Eye. The new equipment of new technology Me-check; IPL Eye-light and LLLT MY MASK-E of Espansione, will be able to give a better diagnosis and treatment for the most common pathologies of the anterior segment. To promote this new service we had an informative capsule in Guatevisión where we had the participation of Dr. Renato Papa, where he presented complete information on dry eye and also the new techniques of the service that is being provided in Visualiza.
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NEW LABORATORY
EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY VISIT
DRA. GENA DAMENTO As part of the collaboration of our strategic partner SEVA towards Visualiza, we were pleased to have the visit of Dr. Gena Damento (SEVA Global Ophthalmology Fellow).
As part of the development of the medical staff, an experimental surgery laboratory was created where the clinic’s ophthalmologists can practice ophthalmic surgery in order to perfect surgical techniques and train new staff members.
During her visit, Dr. Damento was in different activities in a rotation in Visualiza’s clinics. She participated in operating rooms, accompanied us to departmental refractive days and visited our facilities in Petén and Chimaltenango. She also participated in several meetings with the Drop Free Study Research Project, along with Dr. Papa and Dr. Silva.
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We welcome the new Medical Staff, Dr. Mardi Gomez, Dr. Javier De Leon, Dr. Mignalia Navarro and Dr. Esperanza Castillo who will join the Social Clinic, Hospital Vicent Pescatore and Quetzaltenango.
IMPROVEMENT IN OUR FACILITIES As part of our continuous improvement in our services, the Vincent Pescatore Hospital installed the new OCT equipment (5000 W/ Angioplex OCT angiography by Carl Zeiss), which will serve to provide a better ophthalmologic diagnosis of the anterior and posterior segment.
ADVOCACY FOR ACTION BREAKING THE BARRIERS IAPB-LATIN AMERICA Medical direction and executive direction at the IAPB Regional Meeting, at the Association for the Prevention of Blindness APEC, in Mexico City. Architect Juan Francisco Yee was a speaker at the conference Advocacy for Action and Dr. Lucia Silva participated and moderated the Activar strategy module.
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VISUALIZA IN GUATEVISIÓN The marketing team through its continuous strategies and with the aim of continuing to publicize the image and services of the clinic, continues to develop advertising in various media, having presence both in the interior of the country and in the capital; we are currently in radio and television within the most important media, one of them being Guatevisión and Emisoras Unidas, thus achieving the expansion objectives that Visualiza has.
Dra. Andrea Cárdenas with the subject: Retinal Detachment
Dra. Nesly Gomez with the subject: Vincent Pescatore
Dr. Renato Papa with the subject: Dry Eye Diagnosis & Treatment
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OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES
We continue taking visual health to all Guatemala, to continue fighting preventable blindness and reaching new places to give new hope to people who need it most in every corner of the country. During the month of June, our team together with promoters of each vision center carried out different community, departmental and business outreaches.
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Refractive outreach, Legumex business located at Parramos Chimaltenango. Uptake and refractive outreach, in Caserio La Unión, Raxruha, Alta Verapaz. Refractive outreach, in San Raymundo Municipality, Sacatepéquez. Uptake and refractive outreach en el Crei (Centros de Recursos para la Educación Inclusiva), Malacatán, San Marcos. Refractive outreach, in Tipografía Nacional De Guatemala. Refractive outreach, at the General Directorate of Diario De Centroamérica, Guatemala.
All of these sessions were carried out with the objective that characterizes Visualiza, to continue bringing eye health to people who need it and do not have the capacity to attend a primary health center.
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TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT
At Visualiza we care about the personal and professional growth of our employees, so every month in the Human Resources department we elaborate a constant planning for the development of each person through trainings that help the improvement, strengthening and personal growth that is reflected in their job and in their team. This month was no exception and we developed several workshops and trainings.
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10 CHARACTERISTICS OF A POSITIVE LEADER. Aimed at Clinic Administrators and Optical Laboratory Managers.
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VISUAL FLOW SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCES. We continue to advance in our training with the conference department during the last 2 months.
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CULTURE OF COMPLIANCE IN SSO. Aimed at Human Resources with the objective of continuing to form a culture of occupational risk prevention within the organization.
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MARKETING PLAN, ITS BASES AND INNOVATION. Aimed at the Marketing and Communication team, with the objective of updating knowledge, creating new marketing strategies and the integration of multiple digital strategies.
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EYEXCEL 2022. International Congress for Ophthalmologists, Administrators, Financial Managers and Operations Directors. Through this congress, the capacity of the associated hospitals was developed to launch and strengthen their training programs; and thus create efficient ophthalmic care teams.
All specialist in one place
solving all the visual needs with solidarity
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Clínica Visualiza 5ta. Avenida 11-44 zona 9 Ciudad de Guatemala PBX: 2414-0800 Asociación Oftalmólogica para Prevención contra la Ceguera
4ta. Avenida “A” 11-54 zona Ciudad de Guatemala PBX: 2414-0900
Vincent Pescatore 4ta. Avenida y 17 Calle 1, zona 1 Barrio 3 de Abril San Benito, Petén PBX: 7926-4746 / 79264754
Centro Diabético
4ta. Avenida “A” 11-08 zona 9 Ciudad de Guatemala PBX: 2414-0900
Clínica Quetzaltenango, 6ta. Calle 15-19 zona 3 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Tél: 7763-5993
VISION CENTERS Poptún, Petén 4ta. Calle A 7-49 zona 1,
Chimaltenango 3ra. Calle 4-32 zona 2
San Marcos 9ª calle 3-27 zona 1 Calle Real,
Barrio el Centro
Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango
San Marcos.
Poptún, Petén
Tél: 7791-0921
Tél: 3014-0296
Sayaxché, Petén
Huehuetenango
Totonicapán
Mazatenango
Barrio del Centro, zona 1,
3era. avenida o-37 zona 1
6ta. avenida 6-42 zona 4
6ta. avenida colonia
área de Salud 8210. Sayaxché, Petén.
Huehuetenango Tél: 3006-0832
Totonicapán, Totonicapán
El Relicario, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez
Cobán 5ta. avenida 3-66 zona 3 Cobán, Alta Verapaz Tél: 3024-8413
Tél: 7965-0928
Tél: 3014-0325
Tél: 7766-4587
Tél: 3025-2655