Blindness Prevention and Vision Care Programme in Northern Bangladesh (9th Eye Camp)
Awareness campaign: Mukundupur Union, Kaharol, Dinajpur 30th – 31st March 2024 The campaign included community meetings, miking, leaflet distribution and installing banners to raise awareness against vision impairing eye conditions and their remedies. The campaign reached 1200 people
Screening Eye Camp: Mukundupur Union Parishad Office, Kaharol, Dinajpur 1st April, 2024 Patients screened: 120 For Errors of Refraction, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy and Cataract Additional screening for Hypertension and Diabetes Spectacles distributed: 42 Selected patients for Cataract Surgery: 18
Cataract Surgery and Post-operative Briefing: Majeda Eye Hospital, Birol, Dinajpur 2nd and 3rd April, 2024 All 18 patients were briefed about post-operative care and the follow-up procedure
Dr Abul Ehsan Echo and his Majeda Eye Hospital Team are doing an excellent job. ‘Sheba’ and ‘Alternative Approach’ delivering this valuable service to the marginalised people in Northern Bangladesh with the generous contribution from Rotary Club of Balwyn and Rowville-Lysterfield (Melbourne).
Blindness Prevention and Vision Care Programme in Northern Bangladesh (8th Eye Camp)
Our eighth eye camp was held on March 27, 2024 at Pirganj Pilot High School in Pirganj Upazila of Thakurgaon District. Before that, an awareness program on prevention of blindness and vision services was celebrated on 25th March in the upazila town through community meeting, miking and distribution of leaflets. In the eye camp, 112 patients were examined for blindness and visual impairment, provided with necessary prescriptions and counselling.
Among the eye camp attendees 39 patients were given free spectacles and 11 patients were nominated for free cataract surgery. On March 28, our service partner, Majeda Eye Hospital of Birol Upazila, Dinajpur District, underwent cataract surgery on those patients. They are counseled about post-operative care and follow-up before being discharged from the hospital.
Your support in the fight against blindness is our path.
Pirganj, Thakurgaon Birol, Dinajpur March 25, 27, 28; 2024
Blindness Prevention and Vision Care Programme in Northern Bangladesh (6th Eye Camp)
The 6th Eye Camp under our 'Blindness Prevention and Vision Care Programme in Northern Bangladesh' took place in the Community Resource Centre, Baluadanga, Dinajpur Sadar, Dinajpur on 29.02.2024. The camp activities included screening patients for vision-impairing eye conditions, giving prescriptions and advice, data collection, distribution of spectacles, and selecting deserving patients for free Cataract operation. A total of 143 patients were screened. 42 pairs of corrective lenses were distributed and 12 patients were selected for cataract surgery. The Cataract surgeries took place following the camp. The patients were given a post-operative briefing by the consultant Ophthalmologist and by the nurses. We are well ahead of our target that we set to cover through 25 eye camps.
Blindness Prevention and Vision Care Programme in Northern Bangladesh (Update)
Dinajpur was the coldest place (8.6c) in Bangladesh on (14/01/2024). Yet, we had the pre-scheduled 4th Eye camp as a part of our continued Blindness Prevention and Vision Care Programme in Northern Bangladesh. The free eye camp was conducted at the Vatgaon HIgh School, Sundorpur Union in Kaharol Upazilla in Dinajpur district serving a disadvantaged remote community. Our Medical team led By Dr. Ehsan Echo and the local community braved the North Bengal coldwave to attend the eye camp. A total of 116 poor and low-income community members were screened for vision-impairing eye conditions, and treatment was provided to those who needed it. Corrective lenses were provided to those who needed them. Selected patients with cataracts were taken to Majeda Eye Hospital and Cataract operations were performed. They were then given a briefing about post-operative care and follow-up before being discharged. We plan to have 25 such eye camps in Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, and Pabna within the next 8 - 12 months. We thank all of our patrons. Your continued support makes it possible.
Professor Quazi Qamruzzaman visits Sheba Sastho Kendro
The Winner of 2021 Ekhusey Padak and renowned health care personality Prof Quazi Qamruzzaman (Chairman, Dhaka Community Hospital Trust) and a team from DCH visited the Sheba Sastho Kendro Chatmohar and met the employees and management staffs on 03/12/2023 to explore possibilities of collaboration between Sheba Sastho Kendro and Pabna Community Hospital (which operates under the auspices of DCH Trust).
Sheba Fundraising Event 2023
Running of our projects depend on these fundraising events to a great extent. We normally hold a fundraising event once every year. The event consists of updating about our projects, dinner, cultural show and raffle draw.
