Over 29,000 get back eyesight after cataract surgery
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Over 29,000 poor people got back eyesight after cataract surgery and 159,000 others were provided with primary eye care services free of cost in the capital in last five years.
Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project supported by a UK based NGO Sightsavers operated cataract (Chhani) free of cost or minimal cost under a project, reports UNB.
Some 17,000 poor people got back eyesight after cataract surgery and 75,500 others were provided with primary eye care services in its first phase from Dec 2005 to Sept 2008 while 12,000 got eyesight and 84,000 others eye care services in its 2nd phase from Oct 2008 until date.
Cataract operation, refractive error correction, low vision service and sight testing are among other services given to the poor students, garment workers and bus and truck drivers under the project, which will run up to September, 2013.
Sightsavers and Standard Chartered Bank are funding the project under its "Seeing is Believing" Phase-IV initiative to contribute to the elimination of avoidable blindness from Dhaka City Corporation.
Project Coordinator of the project M Nurun Nabi said that this project could be a scalable model for the urban culture in Bangladesh to contribute Vision 2020 of WHO.
The project is being implemented in association with Islamia Eye Hospital, BNSB Dhaka Eye Hospital, Salauddin Specialised Hospital Limited and Ad-din Hospital.
Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project supported by a UK based NGO Sightsavers operated cataract (Chhani) free of cost or minimal cost under a project, reports UNB.
Some 17,000 poor people got back eyesight after cataract surgery and 75,500 others were provided with primary eye care services in its first phase from Dec 2005 to Sept 2008 while 12,000 got eyesight and 84,000 others eye care services in its 2nd phase from Oct 2008 until date.
Cataract operation, refractive error correction, low vision service and sight testing are among other services given to the poor students, garment workers and bus and truck drivers under the project, which will run up to September, 2013.
Sightsavers and Standard Chartered Bank are funding the project under its "Seeing is Believing" Phase-IV initiative to contribute to the elimination of avoidable blindness from Dhaka City Corporation.
Project Coordinator of the project M Nurun Nabi said that this project could be a scalable model for the urban culture in Bangladesh to contribute Vision 2020 of WHO.
The project is being implemented in association with Islamia Eye Hospital, BNSB Dhaka Eye Hospital, Salauddin Specialised Hospital Limited and Ad-din Hospital.