The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia implemented a volunteer project to combat blindness among low-income people in Walasmulla and Kattankudy from September 6 to 16.
The project included diagnosing thousands of cases, providing medical services, sorting cases that need surgical intervention, treatment, medication, removing cataracts, operations such as treating tear duct obstruction, providing patients with medicines, spectacles and lenses, while alleviating the suffering of people with blindness, and carrying out health awareness for all who receive preventive treatment.
During these campaigns, patients were treated as follows: in Walasmulla, 3,500 patients were examined, 1,050 received spectacles and surgeries were performed on 531 persons. In Kattankudy, 3,500 were examined, 1,000 were given spectacles and surgeries were performed on 525 persons.
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