Ziaur Rahman Foundation holds free eye treatment camp in Bogura

Ziaur Rahman Foundation in collaboration with Al-Bashar International Foundation held a day-long free eye treatment campaign at City Corporation High School (Bangla School) in Bogura city on Friday.
The camp began at 8am, drawing thousands of people from different parts of the district. Patients received free eye examinations, medicines and spectacles, while cataract patients were selected for free surgery.
The programme was supervised by eminent cardiologist Dr Zubaida Rahman, vice-president of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation.
Special attention was given to children with special needs, with free medical services also provided to students of the Deaf and Dumb School in Bogura.
Dr Ahmed Taher Hamid Ali, director of the Bangladesh sector of Al-Bashar International Foundation, said the organisers aimed to provide treatment to at least 5,000 patients and plans were in place to conduct free cataract surgeries on 500 to 1,000 patients.
The organisers said patients selected for cataract surgery on the first day would undergo free operations at Bogura Mohammad Ali Hospital from 29 August to 4 September.
Bogura District BNP Advisory Council member and former MP Helaluzzaman Talukder Lalu, District Council Administrator AKM Ahsanul Tayyab Zakir, City Corporation Administrator MR Islam Swadhin and Daily Kaler Kantho Joint Editor Saeed Khan, among others, attended the programme.