[Experience in organizing a children's ophthalmological service in a rural district of Kazakhstan]

Diseases of the organ of vision are rather frequent in children living in rural districts. Experience gained by pediatric ophthalmologic service of the Talgar district shows that all forms of specialized care of children (specialized groups for children with strabismus and amblyopia, pioneer camp for schoolchildren with myopia, day-time hospital) are fit for rural districts. To render such care, a pediatric ophthalmologist should be included in the stuff of central regional hospitals whatever the number of children in this region.