Free cataract operation
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 01 2014 :
The Loktak Power station, NHPC Ltd conducted its tenth batch of free cataract operation under the project Netra Jyoti on July 31 at Shija Hospital and Research institute, Imphal.
Eleven cataract cases was successfully operated under the project, a press release reported.
The NHPC Ltd provided free medication, fooding and transportation, and subsidized cost of operation with foldable IOL to the patients.
They shall also distribute free spectacles to the operated patients.
About 103 cataract cases have been successfully operated during the current financial year under the project.
Senior Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr K K Singh also invites persons with cataract to contact the doctors at Project Hospital, Loktak or Leimatak on all working days to avail the opportunity.
The Loktak Power Station has been conducting the Free cataract operation every week at Shija Hospital under the Netra Jyoti project with an aim to save the poorer section of the community from blindness.