深入开展防盲治盲是我国眼科医师的社会责任

To intensify the activities for prevention of blindness is the social responsibility of Chinese ophthalmologists

进入新世纪以来,我国的防盲治盲工作取得了重大进展。但目前还存在着一些亟待解决的问题,主要有白内障手术率提高幅度不大,缺少防盲治盲的强有力的组织领导和全国性规划,在发展眼科事业的同时对防盲治盲的关注不够。深入开展防盲治盲是我国眼科医师的社会责任。我们应当发扬我国眼科界重视防盲治盲工作的好传统,分析新世纪的实际情况,认真地解决上述存在的问题。根治白内障盲是开展我国防盲治盲工作的首要任务,应当尽快地实现大量、高质和低价治疗白内障盲的目标。(中华眼科杂志,2005,4135)

The great progress in prevention of blindness in China has been reached since the beginning of the new century. However, some urgent problems exist, including low cataract surgical rate, lack of authoritative leadership and national plan, less priority to the prevention of blindness in the development of ophthalmology in China. It is the social responsibility for Chinese ophthalmologists to further intensify the activities for prevention of blindness. We should follow the tradition that our society pay more attention to the prevention of blindness, analyze the current situation, and seriously solve the existed problems. Elimination of cataract blindness is the first important task in the prevention of blindness in China. The goal of the high volume, superior quality and low cost in treatment of cataract blindness should be realized soon.