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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).

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