Blindness from cataracts is incredibly common in poor countries, yet it’s a relatively simple and inexpensive condition to treat. Restoring vision to cataracts patients does more than return their sight – it allows them to re-enter the community as productive citizens, enables them to live without assistance reducing the burden on already struggling families, and provides them with a life of dignity, hope, and independence that their loss of sight took away.
Thanks to OBAT Canada’s support, a two-part Eye Clinic was held in Chittagong. In the first round, 100 patients were examined and 41 were identified as candidates for cataracts surgery. In the second round, an additional 100 patients were examined and 17 more were added to the pool of surgery candidates. At each camp, medication and eye drops were provided to over 80% of those examined, as surgery candidates look forward to the opportunity for restored vision in the coming year!
Thank you OBAT Canada for organizing this important initiative.