The flying eye hospital - BBC London News

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Channel: BBC London · 2017 · News & Politics

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Orbis is the world's only flying eye teaching hospital. 

It’s been at Stansted airport where people could take a look at the facilities on board. 

Normally it is found in developing countries, where a team of volunteers from all over the world carry out sight saving operations.  

Filmed and edited by Richard Milliken

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