Free cataract surgery provided to nearly 400 people in Thai Nguyen.

On the morning of August 8th, the opening ceremony of the free cataract surgery program for the poor, policy beneficiaries, and the elderly took place at Thai Nguyen Central Hospital.

Senior Doctor Dong Quang Son - Deputy Director of the Hospital and Mr. Hattori Tadashi - Director of the APBA Organization (in purple shirt), presented gifts to patients undergoing cataract surgery at the opening ceremony.

This is a social welfare activity maintained annually by the hospital, aiming to implement the policy of "The whole country joins hands for the poor, leaving no one behind" and the Ministry of Health 's plan for elderly healthcare in the period 2017-2025.

Since 2019, the hospital has collaborated with the Asian Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness (APBA) to perform free Phaco cataract surgery for hundreds of people in the province.

In preparation for this year's program, starting in July, the hospital organized free examinations, consultations, and medication for ophthalmic diseases; screened, supported treatment, and planned cataract surgery for nearly 400 people in the communes of Nghinh Tuong, Sang Moc, Van Han, and Quang Son ( Thai Nguyen province). Simultaneously, they received artificial lenses from the Asian Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness (APBA).

Previously, on August 7-8, 41 eligible individuals completed the admission procedures and pre-operative examinations at the Ophthalmology Department. On the afternoon of August 8, the surgeries began and continued until August 10.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/y-te/202508/phau-thuat-thay-thuy-tinh-the-mien-phi-cho-gan-400-nguoi-dan-thai-nguyen-a1d6bba/