Lahore is the most historic and populous city of Pakistan. There are 945000 blind people in Punjab which is the the most populous province of the country. AMWT has started series of free eye camps for the different areas of Punjab where 1000 blind people will receive free cataract surgeries.This year, in total we are targeting 5000 blind people whereas 1000 blind people will be targeted from each province including Kashmir. The three days Free Eye Camp in Lahore on 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2012 was of great success. It took place on three different areas; Ghaziabad, Salamatpura and Baghbanpura respectively to target as many blind people as possible. The patients were targeted from the deprived areas of Lahore.
The camps were very busy and elderly people were provided with free transport services as well. There
Medical teams, 5 doctors and 10 paramedical staff, visited camps where they screened out the cataract patients. After completing the eye screening, all cataract patients were transported at Al Mustafa Medical Centre Lahore, where operation theatre was set up to carryout the surgeries. 100 surgeries has been carried out successfully and 2000 people received free eye treatment. All kind of medical facilities including eye check up, medicines, glasses, cataract surgeries and post surgery treatment were provided free of cost. Also, free meal and transport facilities were provided to the elderly patients.
AMWT is thankful to all of its donors for their kind contribution for this good cause and hoping for their support in future for eye camps in other cities.
Project Manager : Tajjamul Gurmani
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