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T.E.S. Foundation third annual concert, November 22, 2011



Last Tuesday, T.E.S. Foundation held its third annual concert in the Palais de l’Athénée in Geneva. Lyda Chen Arguerich, viola, Fabrizio von Arx, violin, and Julien Quentin, piano, offered the public an exceptional concert demonstrating their talents and their passion for music.   As Professor Cyrus Tabatabay told the audience, the funds raised during this […]

T.E.S. annual concert: Tuesday, November 22, 2011



On Tuesday, November 22, our third annual concert will be organised in favour T.E.S. Foundation at the Palais de l’Athénée, in Geneva.   The recital will be performed by Lyda CHEN ARGERICH, viola, Fabrizio VON ARX, violin, and Julien QUENTIN, piano.   The recital will begin at 8.00pm and will be followed by a cocktail […]

OCT Donation Ceremony at the Moka Eye Hospital



Today was a special day at the Moka Eye Hospital as a donation ceremony was organised to celebrate the donation by the Lions Club of Port Louis and the T.E.S. Foundation of an OCT, Optical Coherence Tomography, to the Hospital. The ceremony took place in presence of the Honourable Mrs Santi Bai Hanoomanjee, Minister of […]

Dr Pierre Quinodoz, reconstructive and plastic surgeon, consultant for a week with the T.E.S. Foundation team.



2011 begins with a new period of collaboration between the Moka Eye Hospital and T.E.S. Foundation. Dr Pierre Quinodoz, reconstructive and plastic surgeon, arrived from Geneva to perform surgery on patients suffering from peri-orbital traumas such as burn sequels, congenital malformations, defects due to cancer and other pathologies causing facial damages. Dr Quinodoz is a […]

Violin and Piano Recital to help purchase an OCT



On Tuesday, November 23, a second annual concert was organised in favour of T.E.S. Foundation. For this special event, a violin and piano recital was given by Fabrizio von Arx and Julien Quentin. It was a real pleasure to hear their excellent performance of pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, César Franck and Camille St-Saëns. The […]

In memoriam to Aboo Moossajee – 24.06.2010



Sadly, on June 24, T.E.S. Foundation lost one of its senior members, Mr Abobaker Moossajee, RN. Aboo was his name for his family, colleagues and numerous friends. Born in Mauritius in 1937, Aboo left his home country at the age of 21 to attend School of Nursing in England. He moved to Switzerland in 1975 and lived in Lausanne where he performed as scrubnurse in ophthalmolgy working at the Jules Gonin Hospital with Prof Michel Gonvers and Prof André Mermoud, and at the Clinique Montchoisy.

May 2010 mission



During his one week stay in Mauritius, Dr Cyrus Tabatabay perfomed 30 complex vitreo-retinal surgeries and examined 135 patients. “Working and sharing expertise together with the Moka Hospital medical team is a very interesting and rewarding experience”, says Dr Tabatabay.

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