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25.01.2022 Here at IRIS we can't wait until it's safe to start working again. Meanwhile here's a snapshot of what we've done so far this year...

24.01.2022 A fitting way to end this week with big smiles all round in Gove from patients and the top end health team working together! #inthistogether #NRW2020 #irisprogram #closingthegap

23.01.2022 Compelling reading! https://indigenousx.com.au/behind-every-test-is-a-patient-/

23.01.2022 At IRIS we love providing life-changing and sight-saving surgery to indigenous and remote Australians! #eyehealth #sight #indigenous #eyecare #remote #iris

23.01.2022 Wishing Dr Nishantha Wijesinghe as much joy on his birthday today as he has given to all of the patients he has helped through the IRIS program. We are blessed to have such wonderful doctors working with us at Vanguard Health. Many happy returns on your special day!

22.01.2022 Great insight into the importance of indigenous healthcare professionals community health workers, nurses, doctors and hospitals and public health professionals who are renewed across generations. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php

21.01.2022 Qld borders still closed but IRIS is back in action! Once a welder in Borrolola, Jimmys vision is severely impacted by left cataract in his only good eye. It will be a good day in Gove tomorrow when the IRIS team changes the lives of Jimmy and many others. Local issues solved by local doctors!! Thats the Vanguard way. #NRW2020 #doctorsforall #indigenouseyehealth #closingthegap

21.01.2022 What a fantastic idea! https://www.voanews.com//aboriginal-australians-take-music

21.01.2022 Fantastic profile of the wonderful work that we do here at IRIS in the latest edition of mivision! #cataractsurgery #cataracts #closingthegap #ruralhealthcare #remotehealthcare #eyecare #eyehealth #indigenoushealth #indigenouseyehealth #health https://www.mivision.com.au//iris-for-eye-health-getting/

21.01.2022 Limited access to health information and interpreters, language barriers, distrust of health providers and services, and limited cultural responsivity among non-Indigenous clinicians, were identified as determining factors in eye health and care. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/1/e001999

19.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the Fathers and Father figures in your life today! Enjoy!

19.01.2022 Marcus is well rested after a nice overnight stay at Sid Ross hostel here in Alice Springs. The trip back to Hermannsburg for Marcus will be much brighter and colourful after successful cataract surgery yesterday. See you soon for your next eye Marcus! #irisprogram #indigenouseyehealth #aboriginaleyehealth #closingthegap

18.01.2022 How beautiful is Australia!

18.01.2022 How amazing - and amazed! - are these smiles! IRIS saves sight and changes lives. #throwbackThursday #IRISprogram #indigenoushealth #eyehealth #eyesurgery #cataracts #healthequality #healthsystem #eyes #eyesurgeon

17.01.2022 Rosemary and Sally were the 500th and 501st patients to have a cataract procedure performed by IRIS. We have reached our target but we think that the smiles on their faces even before their eye patches are removed is the best outcome we could ask for! #IndigenousHealth #doctorsforall #eyesurgery #irisprogram #closethegap #eyehealth

17.01.2022 OMG.. we are sooooooo excited!!! In January 2019 Vanguard Health was contracted to deliver 500 cataract surgeries in priority areas across rural and remote Australia: the IRIS Program. Currently we are at 498!!! Well done to the team at Gove today... we can't wait to get to 500!!! #irisprogram #overdeliver #meetingtargets #IndigenousHealth #eyehealth #cataract #cataractsurgery #healthservicedelivery #healthservices #success

16.01.2022 More wonderful IRIS moments! #sightsavers #irisprogram #cataract #cataractsurgery #indigenous #IndigenousHealth #eyehealth #eyesurgery #eyesurgeon

15.01.2022 IRIS is helping Katherine with their 'fight for sight' with 147 of the 522 total cataracts achieved by the program being dedicated to Katherine residents. But there is still more work to be done.......

15.01.2022 So important!!! #staysafe https://nit.com.au/kimberley-aboriginal-medical-services-w/

14.01.2022 Rosemary has been blind for the last year and needs continuous support from family. After her cataract surgery tomorrow she is most looking forward to fishing again and seeing her one year old granddaughter who lives in Palumpa. #indigenous #IndigenousHealth #doctorsforall #eyesurgery #irisprogram #closingthegap

14.01.2022 We are so happy to be able to provide sight-saving and life-changing surgery right across Australia. Only two more surgeries to go and we will have smashed our target! That's what we do - over deliver! #ontime #underbudget

13.01.2022 With some elective surgery recommencing this week after the COVID-19 shutdown, it is critical that health authorities prioritise equity of access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. #ClosetheGap #FredHollows #cataractsurgery https://croakey.org/dont-forget-first-peoples-when-electiv/

12.01.2022 IRIS team on the way to Katherine for the final visit of this round of the program where the 500th cataract will be done! A massive effort by the team to #closethegap in #indigenouseyehealth #irisprogram #doctorsforall

12.01.2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are three times more likely to suffer blindness than the general population. Importantly, over 90% of vision loss is preventable or treatable. In rural and remote areas, the lack of adequate access to public cataract surgery has led to waiting times up to three times longer than major cities. At IRIS we help to address this problem by providing services across remote Australian communities in WA, NT, QLD and NSW. Here's just some of the people we have helped...

12.01.2022 IRIS saves sight and changes lives! Learn more here ---> https://www.irisprogram.com.au/ #eyehealth #indigenouseye #indigenouseyehealth #indigenoushealth #remotehealth #sightsaving #lifechanging #healthservice #preventableblindness #IRIS #eyecare #ruralAustralia #remoteAustralia #cataract #cataractsurgery #cataracts

11.01.2022 #inthistogether IRIS team and Gove theatre staff celebrating reconciliation week by restoring the sight of 20 indigenous Australians - doesnt get better than that! Well done everyone! #nrw2020

11.01.2022 As IRIS delivers its services to so many remote areas across Australia we see a lot of fantastic wildlife... but none quite as funny as these... https://www.theguardian.com//comedy-wildlife-photography-a

11.01.2022 Shirley is one of the patients IRIS will belp tomorrow in Katherine. Only one more sleep Shirley - see you in the morning #eyesurgery #indigenoushealth #doctorsforall #closingthegap

11.01.2022 Shirley was the lucky last patient to have her cataract surgery in this round of IRIS on the recent trip to Katherine. 522 cataracts completed across the NT, WA, NSW and QLD. But still so much more to be done. #eyesurgery #indigenoushealth #doctorsforall #closingthegap #irisprogram

11.01.2022 A big THANK YOU to everyone who helps make the IRIS program possible. We feel it's our honour to be able to help Indigenous eye health across Australia - but we couldn't do it without you! #WorldGratitudeDay #gratitude #gratitudeattitude #indigenouseye #indigenouseyehealth #eyehealth #cataract #cataractsurgery #eyesurgery #eyesurgeon #ophthalmology #ophthalmologist #ophthalmic #ophthalmologyresident #OphthalmicAssistant #ophthal #closingthegap #indigenous

10.01.2022 Thank you Insight News for your article highlighting the importance of the continuation of IRIS. https://www.insightnews.com.au/questions-over-funding-as-i/

08.01.2022 Fantastic idea! The Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Creative Therapies will teach students how to apply creative healing practices from Indigenous and cross-cultural perspectives when working with people who have experienced trauma. https://www.miragenews.com/new-cdu-course-aims-to-heal-thr/

08.01.2022 Youre not seeing double! IRIS is working twice as hard today coordinating cataract surgeries in Karratha and Alice Springs!

06.01.2022 Maureen said her eye surgery and the pick up/drop off service provided by IRIS was palya lingo not just good - but very good! Safe travels back to Kintore when the rain clears and go the hawks! #indigenouseyehealth #irisprogram #aboriginalhealth #aboriginaleyehealth #indigenoushealth

05.01.2022 IRIS back in Alice Springs to help people like Kirk from Papunya. Seeing 6/9 one day post op Kirk is looking forward to having his right eye done soon.

04.01.2022 Take some time today to ask #RUOK? #ruok #ruoktoday #ruokeveryday #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness

04.01.2022 Residing in both Mount Isa and Alice Springs where his daughter lives, Billy was grateful to have IRIS help him with his cataract yesterday. #irisprogram #closingthegap

04.01.2022 Heres a shout out to all the fantastic people who have helped make the IRIS program so successful. You guys rock!!! #WellDoneWednesday #indigenouseyehealth #irisprogram #eyehealth #closingthegap

03.01.2022 Fantastic shot from our clinic at Gove last week. Did we mention that we are currently at 498 surgeries performed??? The IRIS program will deliver their 500th cataract surgery in Katherine on 23rd November and is estimated to exceed its target by nearly 10%. If it wasnt for COVID-19 this figure may have been as high as 20%! With so many government funded programs failing to achieve their targets, IRIS is a true shining star in the galaxy of government health initiatives. #cataract #cataractsurgery #IndigenousHealth #indigenouseye #indigenouseyehealth #eyehealth #eyesurgery #eyesurgeon #GovernmentFunding #governmentfund #governmentfunds #wellspent #greatinvestment #ophthalmology #ophthalmologist #ophthalmic #closingthegap

02.01.2022 A great turnout in Derby last week. 21 cataract surgeries performed on patients that were postponed due to Covid-19. IRIS is even busier now caring for those that need us.

02.01.2022 Cultural sensitivity is one of the keys to providing appropriate health care for Indigenous peoples #IRIS #indigenoushealth #eyehealth #cataracts https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17605626/

02.01.2022 The reason that IRIS has overdelivered on its target of 500 cataract surgeries is due it's people's commitment, dedication and resilience. In difficult times they have overcome adversity and have never given up on the cause that they are so passionate about. This is the Katherine team after completing the 522nd surgery this week. Thank you to each and every one of you and to all the team's around the country that have been a part of this amazing journey. #eyesurgery #indigenoushealth #breakingdownbarriers #nevergiveup #irisprogram #doctorsforall

02.01.2022 Could You Be Blinded by Sugar? Don't miss this free webinar with James Muecke AM, Australian of the Year 2020 on Tuesday 17th November at 6PM (AEDT). Blinded By Sugar tells the story of Neil Hansell, a man who woke one morning blind in both eyes due to neglect of his Type 2 Diabetes. Dr Muecke discusses: why type 2 diabetes is a growing worldwide epidemic, particular among Indigenous people strategies to curb the toxic impact of sugar how this can help improve our ...health and our world Reserve your spot now! https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OhiEtrKfTcC3_j7aPDgvPg

01.01.2022 How great is this smile at the end! The IRIS program saves sight and changes lives. #flashbackfriday #IRISprogram #indigenoushealth #eyehealth #eyesurgery #cataracts #healthequality #healthsystem #eyes #eyesurgeon

01.01.2022 Is it time for some self-care today?