FPMT is extremely pleased to announce the opening of the Amdo Eye Center, in Xining, the capital of Amdo, Tibet. This hospital is dedicated to providing continuous, sustainable and quality eye care. Specifically the hospital is able to provide high quality cataract surgery and general eye care to all and in particular those from underprivileged backgrounds. The hospital is also offering smaller outreach microsurgery eye clinics in remote areas.

Modeled on the already successful Lhasa Eye Clinic, the Amdo Eye Center will be specifically providing high quality cataract surgery and general eye care for all the people of Xining, as well as the remote areas around. Dr. Sanduk Ruit – who founded the highly successful Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu and the Nepal Eye Program – is now training the Amdo Eye center staff and is committed to oversee operations for the next two years, ensuring the highest standards

For the past 10 years FPMT has been committed to raising the funds to build the Amdo Eye Center and due to the kindness of many benefactors specifically The Tanoto Founda­tion and Compassion Paris, we have been able to raise over $605,907.

On the auspicious occasion of the opening Dr. Sanduk Ruit, who founded the highly successful Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu and the Nepal Eye Program, traveled to Amdo for the inauguration and operated on eight cataract patients in the operation room as a demonstration of the surgery for the invitees from the government and other delegates who were attending the inauguration program.

FPMT hopes to be able to fund the hospital at least for the next two years. Recently we received a detailed budget of costs for the next two years including items such as the use of a cross-country vehicle (to be able to take doctors to the remote areas), office equipment for the doctors and staff, medical equipment and salaries. The total budgeted cost for the next two years of operations is US$338,000.