Bashundhara Eye Hospital provides free eye surgery on 19 underprivileged patients

Bashundhara Eye Hospital and Research Institute, on Wednesday, conducted successful eye surgery on 19 underprivileged patients suffering from various ocular conditions, completely free of charge.

The camp, jointly organised by the Vision Care Foundation and Anwara Mannaf Foundation, was held at the hospital premises on Sabrina Sobhan Road in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area.

Of the beneficiaries, 10 male and nine female, 18 underwent cataract surgery, and one received a tear duct procedure.

The hospital and Vision Care Foundation Executive Director Prof Md Saleh Ahmed supervised the surgical team comprised of Dr Anthony Albert, Dr Nusrat Lubna, and Dr Akhtar Ferdousi Jahan.

Speaking on the occasion, the hospital’s Administrative Officer Md Masudur Rahman highlighted its humanitarian commitment to serving underprivileged people. “We have been running this initiative for years, and more than 6,068 patients so far received free surgical treatment.”

As part of the same campaign, an earlier camp was held on 12 May this year at Fordabad Jamia Qurania Rahimiyya Qawmi Madrasa in Brahmanbaria’s Bancharampur upazila, where more than 600 patients received free eye treatment. Wednesday’s programme marked the first day of surgeries for patients registered at that camp.