Cataract: FG, Ophthalmologists Restore Sight To 8,000 Nigerians - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2019
The Ophthalmological Society ofNigeria, OSN in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health has restoredthe sight of about eight thousand Nigerians since February, last year.
The joint project, named theNational Cataract Project under President Muhammadu Buhari Restores Vision, wasinaugurated in February, last year, to restore vision to ten thousand Nigerianswho were blind because of cataract.
The Society’s National President,Ayobade Ogundipe who made this known while speaking at the 44 scientificconference/annual general meeting and 50 anniversarycelebration of the society in Calabar, Cross River State, said the project hadattained eighty per cent implementation.
The Society’s President noted somestates and the Federal Capital Territory, have completed theirs while theremaining six states are at various stages of completion. He said as part ofthe annual conference, the society usually has surgical eye camps to offercommunity service to residents of the host communities.