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... It was a Thai that mapped the eye Home Web Blog Shopping NationEjobs Web Directory Back Issue Mon, March 6, 2006 : Last updated 14:42 pm (Thai local time) Lite version Printable version E-mail this article Font size Web The Nation Home It was a Thai that mapped the eye It was a Thai that mapped the eye It is not widely known that a chart used in teaching basic ophthalmology was drawn up by Thailand's first retinal specialist, Dr Uthai Rutnin, founder of Rutnin Eye Hospital.

The hospital now provides specialist eye treatment for patients not only from East Asia but also from the Middle East and Europe.

Forty years ago the Appearance of the Normal Fundus Chart was sketched when Dr Uthai won a scholarship from the Retina Foundation at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

He conducted research on hundreds of patients to ensure that details of the structure of the human eye were accurate.

His assistants then drew the chart from his research.From a small clinic in 1964, Rutnin expanded into a hospital and has formed a joint venture with a Cambodian ophthalmologist, who trained at the hospital, to open the Meng Rutnin eye clinic in Phnom Penh.

Returning to Bangkok in 1964, Dr Uthai founded the Ophthalmology Department at Mahidol University's Ramathibodi Teaching Hospital, one of Thailand's leading medical schools.The hospital was the country's first private hospital specialising in ophthalmology, the medical and surgical care o...

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