{"id":10528,"date":"2017-10-18T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irismundial.ca\/our-interns-just-returned-from-limbe-in-haiti\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:28:56","slug":"our-interns-just-returned-from-limbe-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irismundial.ca\/en\/our-interns-just-returned-from-limbe-in-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Our interns just returned from Limb\u00e9 in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Market Information Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;1px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Market Information Title Area&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|3px|0px||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/irismundial.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/carr\u00e9-stage.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;carr\u00e9 stage&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Lora||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; animation_intensity_flip=&#8221;20%&#8221; animation_starting_opacity=&#8221;100%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On September 30<sup>th<\/sup>, five optometry students from the\u00a0<em>Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>\u00a0and their supervisor*, returned to Canada after a one week\u00a0internship with the team at the permanent eye care program. Although the beginning of the internship was full of unforeseen events due to the series of hurricanes near northern Haiti in September, the trip went very well! Eye screenings in remote areas (or in a remote area), eye exams, observation of a cataract surgery at the Vision Plus partner clinic and training were scheduled during the visit. 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