RAMADAN CATARACT SURGERY

Cataract surgery was scheduled two weeks after the Ramadan program ended. Patients screened during the program were given cards to remind them of the date and venue. On the 8^th of August we were at Jinya hospital in Kaduna early in the morning setting up, this was going to be our highest number of surgeries till date. We screened 256 patients during the program and were looking forward to a successful program.

Cataract is the leading cause of avoidable blindness and for most of our patients this might be the only chance they get due to the fact they cannot afford surgery otherwise. The economic and emotional burden on relatives and the patients themselves is reduced greatly by this 20 minutes procedure.  The similes the morning after remain one of the highest points of our program. Therefore, at the end of the program we are ecstatic to say 198 eyes were operated on and children with congenital cataract were referred to National Eye Centre for further treatment sponsored by the foundation.