domingo, 25 de octubre de 2009

Famous Person Barraquer Hospital


The most famous hospital to solve eye problems and blindness

The Barraquer Eye Centre is a private eye clinic in Spain, founded in 1941 by research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of ocular diseases Every year the centre has about 100,000 consultations and about 12,000 patients
The Barraquer institute was founded on april 15th, 1947 by Ignacio Barraquer and his wife, Mrs. Josefa Moner. The institute is an independent and self-financed scientific association devoted to the research and teaching of Ophthalmology, to the exchange of ideas and scientific discoveries, to the improvement and diffusion of medical and surgical treatments as well as to the general promotion of Ophtalmology.

The name that distinguishes the institute was adopted in memoriam of José Antonio Barraquer Rovialta, and it has got active members in all five continents.
.The president of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology, Joaquin Barraquer, believes that blindness will have a solution in the future "in an electronic way, when you can implant in the human brain a chip capable of interpreting the image that has already been tested successfully in primates.

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