Bashundhara Eye Hospital and Research Institute, a healthcare venture of the country’s largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, performed surgery on 35 impoverished eye patients for free.
Of them, nine are male and 26 are female patients who hail from Chapainawabganj. 31 patients underwent operation for cataract problem, three for pterygium and one for dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR).
In the first batch on June 9, 22 patients received operations and 54 in the second batch on June 16. Dr Moutushi Islam and Dr Rubina Akhter took part in the operations.
Talking to journalists, Amena Begum, an eye patient, said, “Bashundhara Eye Hospital has helped me a lot. I was suffering from pterygium, but could not afford the operation. The hospital has ensured my free surgery.”
Earlier on June 10, Bashundhara Eye Hospital conducted free eye surgeries on 22 poor patients who came from Tangail.
Bashundhara Eye Hospital, Vision Care Foundation and Rotary Club of Baridhara Sun Rise jointly organised the eye operation.
Hospital Manager Mohammad Ahsan Habib said around 1,400 patients have so far received free surgeries from the hospital.
