The main cause of blindness in Pakistan
and Worldwide is cataract. As a rough
estimate approximately 2300 operations
are required to be performed per million
per year., where as in Pakistan 1100 operations
are being conducted, which are not even
half of the required ratio.
Despite the odds of inaccessible cost,
poor quality eye care/services and lack
of awareness due to weak education standards
of the population, ACCO had taken it as
a chanllenge and adopted a unique strategy
of carrying out screening of the patients
for cataract in far -flung area. Following
procedure has been streamlined:-
Camps are being established
in far flung area where normal transport
and NGOs do not visit.
More serious patients/ requiring surgery
are brought back to Rawalpindi. Al-Shifa
Trust Eye Hospital for treatment. Mormally
the patients are sent home within 24 hours
after operation.
The complete process is totally free
of cost for poor/deserving cases. However
nominal administrative charges are charged
from Zakat patients.
Since awareness is the weakest point of
the general public there is therefore a
dire need that publicity be done at gross
root level to educate not only the children
but their parents also. Following actions
have been planned/being dones:-
Moive being screened on the spot.
Lecture by the Dr. to general to public.
Leaflets giving detailed instructions.
Training of BHHU and RHC staff
Eye
Camp Schedule for May 2008
Date
Day
Camp Location
16 May
Fri
Eye Camp at Village Udherwal Tehsil & District Chakwal.
17 May
Sat
Completion of Record.
18 May
Sun
Eye Camp at Retla Mandi Hazro District Attock.
19 May
Mon
Eye Camp at Union Council Nagial Tehsil Sohawa District Jhelum
20 May
Tue
Eye Camp at BHU Sar Soba Shah Tehsil Kalar Syedan District : Rawalpind.
21 May
Wed
Eye Camp at Civil Hospital Khhalabat Town Ship District Haripur.
22 May
Thu
Eye Camp at BHU Kuntrila Tehsil Gujar Khan District Rawalpindi.
23 May
Fri
Eye Camp at RHC Bahtar Tehsil Fateh Jang District Attock.
24 May
Sat
Completion of Record.
25 May
Sun
Eye Camp at Village Mani Tehsil & District Sawabi.
26 May
Mon
Eye Camp at Primary Sagri Tehsil Jand District Attock.
27 May
Tue
Eye Camp at BHU Sukhu Tehsil Gujar Khan District Rawalpindi.
28 May
Wed
Eye Camp at Village Jangu Raryiala Tehsil & District Jhelum
29 May
Thu
Eye Camp at RHC Dhudial Tehsil & District Chakwal.
30 May
Fri
Completion of Record
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No
of patients treated in Al-Shifa since inception 4,721,532(Last
Updated on November 05, 2008)
