World Diabetes Day

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World Diabetes Day Diabetes is a chronic condition that results from problems in the body’s production and/ or supply of insulin. It is considered one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide.

Every November 14th is commemorated World Diabetes Day, Visualiza with the aim of raising awareness of the Guatemalan population about the disease and its effects, carried out through the Diabetes Center an activity for early detection of diabetes on Friday November 12th to Monday November 15th; during the activity was carried out glucose test and primary nutritional evaluation to all patients who were at the clinic.

The objective of this initiative was to detect and prevent the consequences of diabetes at an early stage.

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Innovating and modernizing our facilities Our leadership team integrated by Santiago Yee, Dr. Lucia Silva, Alejandro Lechuga, Emilio Crespo and Opt. Rita Nicastro completed the course “Establish and Strengthen Vision Centers” of LEAP, LAICO and Lavele foundation, course that lasted 1 year, where the team acquired knowledge to strengthen the operational areas of the vision centers in order to provide better care to our patients.

New UBM equipment Recently new equipment was acquired for our study and diagnostic areas, as well as the visit of Dr. Alberto Danton, Ophthalmologist Specialist in Ultrasound, the specialist’s visit was aimed to train the medical team specialized in glaucomatology and retinology for the best use of our resources.

In our private clinic the second cash register was enabled, the new modernization of the area was done to achieve a better flow for our patients and also to have a faster service.

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Vincent Pescatore Recently in our Vincent Pescatore Hospital the new Yag Laser equipment was acquired, this equipment will help to provide a better diagnosis to our patients.

In the month of November Dr. Edgar Ogaldez and Dr. Lisbeth Alcántara visited our hospital Vincent Pescatore, where our specialists attended and evaluated several patients with diverse eye conditions.

The Systems and Operations departments carried out the annual maintenance and information technology plan.

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In continues learning

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New technology of intraocular lenses (Rayner) INNOVU gave an informative talk about new technology in intraocular lenses, trifocals and extended focus lenses for use in cataract surgeries, in order to introduce new technologies in lenses, which can be included in the portfolio of intraocular lenses in the clinic and thus be able to offer them to patients.

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Doctor-Patient Communication Workshop, for the medical

team as part of their clinical development, the purpose of the training is to strengthen the communication between the medical team and patients.

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Entrepreneurship workshop, for the administrative area, the training for this area has the objective of developing skills, attitudes, aptitudes that will have a continuous improvement and a positive change in all the collaborators and in the organization.

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- Main challenges of Cybersecurity for Companies - IT Department Workshop given by the Association of Managers of Guatemala AGG in which the Systems Department participated, the topics discussed were how to implement tools in case of a security breach, and how to initiate cybersecurity strategies.

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Protection and Security Equipment - It is important to have adequate and vital information on the use of personal protective equipment. The training provided tools to protect our employees against risks that may threaten their health in the work environment. The workshop was given to our warehouse, maintenance and laboratory personnel.

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Leadership for Women Executive - workshop given by the Association of Managers of Guatemala for the female staff of the clinic, the workshop aimed to generate, strengthen and offer strategic tools that allow women to acquire management skills..

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In November, Dr. Lucia Silva, Medical Director, participated in the international conference “Integrated Care Diabetes and Eye Health” IAPB, in which the work performed at the Diabetic Center of Visualiza was displayed; the integrated management of people suffering diabetes was also presented.

During the month of November, various training courses were given for the professional development of our collaborators:: •

Sales and customer service workshop for Vision Center personnel.

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New Cleaning and Disinfection technologies for hospital and operating room leaders.

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Use of First Aid Kit for Occupational Health and Safety Monitors for hospital and vision center leaders.

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We continue to bring eye health to all In the month of November, primary eye health activities were carried out, the team led by Dr. Aida Monzón evaluated more than 70 people in the municipality of Tacaná, San Marcos. During the day, cases of pterygium, glaucoma and retinopathy were detected, The people evaluated during the day who needed a surgical procedure were transferred to the Xela Hospital.

An eye evaluation day was held for children of Aldea S.O.S., 43 children of different ages were evaluated in order to perform preventive evaluations for early detection of eye diseases.

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Clínica Visualiza

Asociación Oftalmólogica para

5ta. Avenida 11-44 zona 9 Ciudad de Guatemala PBX: 2414-0800

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

Prevención contra la Ceguera

Centro Diabético

4ta. Avenida “A” 11-08 zona 9 Ciudad de Guatemala PBX: 2414-0900

Clínica Visualiza Xela 6ta. Calle 15-19 zona 3 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Tél: 7763-5993

VISION CENTERS Poptún 4ta. Calle A 7-49 zona 1, Barrio el Centro Poptún, Petén Tél: 7965-0928

Sayaxché Barrio del Centro, zona 1,área de Salud 8210.

Sayaxché, Petén.

Tél: 3014-0325

Chimaltenango 3ra. Calle 4-32 zona 2 Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango Tél: 7791-0921

Totonicapán 6ta. Avenida 6-42, zona 4 Totonicapán, Totonicapán, Tél: 7766-4587

San Marcos 9ª calle 3-27 zona 1 Calle Real, San Marcos.

Tél: 3014-0296

Huehuetenango 3ra. Avenida 0-37, zona 1 Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango Tél: 3006-0832