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Mobile eye clinic, sponsored by CART, provides service to more than a dozen patients

Patient Rene Ovando (left) gets an eye exam from optician Tess Paige, who came to Malibu aboard the UCLA Stein Eye Institute Mobile Eye Clinic. The Oct. 24 event, held at the Malibu Library, was sponsored by Malibu’s Community Assistance Resource Team. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
Optician Tess Paige prepares some paperwork between patients during the Oct. 24 event at Malibu Library.
Rene Galvan, an ophthalmic tech at UCLA for 21 years, helped bring the patients into the mobile unit and assisted with their paperwork.
The bus is parked in front of the Malibu Library.

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Barbara Burke, Freelance Reporter
9:00 am PDT October 31, 2018
The vision for the UCLA Stein Eye Institute Mobile Eye Clinic is clear: To help as many people as possible to obtain quality ophthalmologic services, whether they are uninsured, homeless, or both.

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