Out of 92 people identified with cataracts, 60 underwent surgery at eye screening camps held in all 6 wards of the rural municipality.
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Free cataract surgery has been performed on 60 people from Purbakhola Rural Municipality of Palpa. With the help of the rural municipality, the citizens have regained their sight after being screened and operated on in their own homes.
Out of the 92 people identified as having cataracts, 60 were operated on at the eye screening camp held in all 6 wards of the rural municipality, said Mohan Dhakal, head of the health department. 1,123 citizens were screened in Purbakhola's Ringnerah, Siluwa, Jalpa, Devinagar, and Heklang.
The surgery camp was organized at the Ringnerah Health Post in Ward No. 3 to prevent complete blindness by reaching the villages. Those with cataracts regained their sight through free surgery after undergoing eye tests in the village, said Dhakal, head of the health department. The rural municipality has said that it has benefited a lot by conducting a campaign at the ward level to eliminate potential blindness by conducting timely eye tests.
Palpa Lions Lakaul Eye Hospital in Tansen provided technical support for the surgery camp. The surgery was performed at the health post in Ringnerah, Purbakhola Rural Municipality-3. ‘We have set a goal to operate on all the patients identified during the screening process in the ward,’ said Dhakal, head of the health department. ‘We could not operate on all of them due to health complications of some of them.’ Doctors and health workers from Lions Lakaul Eye Hospital provided eye treatment and surgery services.
Ophthalmologist Dr. Bebika Phuyal, external program coordinator Santosh Darji, eye technician Min Bahadur Karki, surgical assistant Savitri Banshi Malla and others provided technical support for the two-day surgery camp. Purbakhola Rural Municipality Chairman Nun Bahadur Thapa said that the camp benefited those who could not afford expensive treatment due to geographical remoteness and lack of money. The rural municipality organized the free eye camp with the aim of bringing the citizens of rural areas to access health services.
Chief Administrative Officer Raju Nepal said that citizens of all wards directly benefited from the camp, which was organized by the rural municipality and conducted in two phases from Chaitra 9 to 18 under the technical coordination of Palpa Lions Lakaul Eye Hospital.
‘To reduce the financial burden of citizens within the municipality and save time, specialist services have been provided at their doorsteps,’ he said. He said that the people have felt the direct presence of the local government through health services.
